Since long I have been intrigued by Desmond Morris's Manwatching (1977), admittedly one of the few books that I have gone through,

There are other more solemn occasions where ritualistic behaviour takes on ridiculous proportions. Take the placing of wreaths at memorials on particular days.

Life, death, and everything in between – is what I see when I look at the paintings of my mother, Shameem Subrana.

Empathy, like all virtues, must have some application to the future. If we do not deeply feel the deaths we are apparently powerless to prevent, how would we be alert to the deaths we might put an end to?

It is a great relief that 5th January passed off without any untoward incident, although the stipulations set by the DMP before giving the go-ahead were observed only in their violation.

There are many quakes that rock us on a daily basis. As a nation, we are hardly allowed to be at ease.

One may wonder if our politico-bureaucratic elite suffer from a lack of tradition on strategic thought. Such a worry arises in the...

45 percent of all videos uploaded to YouTube in 2015 were of cats or other pets. Without demand there is no supply, and this huge supply of cat videos perhaps speaks to some mysterious acute need.

It has become difficult to follow Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of diplomacy. He is seen as a darling to the West

Tightening of recent security measures at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, is a laudable initiative of the government.

There is no country in the world that gives away more than 33 crore books on New Year's Day, and that too for free, not even in the

It is really not a surprise that Pakistan would make a statement which pretty much echoes what the research has been revealing all along: that Pakistan justifies the war crimes; that Pakistan will not take responsibility for the harm they inflicted on an entire people in 1971.

Forty-four years since independence, must we remain a caricature of a dysfunctional, postcolonial state where law enforcers...

The death penalty is inhuman and inhumane. What I don't understand, however, is how the UN can call for its abolition in Bangladesh while it [the death penalty]thrives around the world – from neighboring India to the land of the free (the US).

We have been taught contradictory versions of history that are outright lies at worst and simplistic at best, to the extent that we now either disavow the atrocities of the Liberation War or use “Muktijuddher Chetona” as a pretext for justifying repressive measures and silencing dissent.

In a recent academic paper titled “Men's Report of Domestic Violence Perpetration in Bangladesh: Correlates From a Nationally...

Wouldn't any criticism against the government or any form of dissent then be reason enough to have an NGO's registration cancelled? In addition, going by Sengupta's comments, are we to accept that the TIB – and by corollary, any other NGO – can never make a comment on the parliament?

I have been silent for a while. Because I refuse to react to the brutality of the world around us, I prefer to respond. And I wanted to wait till things passed.

We were “assured” after the attack that the in/action of the law enforcers would be “looked into” and “action taken against anyone found negligent of his duties”. However, till now, no administrative or legal action has been taken against any person

Kudos, young comrades, for making the impossible possible – for making the government rethink its position at a time when our policymakers often stubbornly stick to their guns, no matter how foolhardy their decisions. Kudos to you for making us believe,