In 2022, there’s no way to escape social media. Trust me, I have tried.

If I recall correctly, the first-ever cover story of SHOUT coined and explored the themes surrounding “brain gain”. In contrast, the concept of “brain drain” defines how highly skilled and/or qualified individuals leave their home country and emigrate to a foreign land.

I am in a love affair with Bangla grammar. It’s not like I am good at speaking or writing in Bangla, regrettably so, but I just really enjoy small tidbits of Bangla grammar that I learned in school.

There is nothing more revolting than having to work at a place where you feel suffocated.

Making lists is probably one of my favourite things to do, I can do it in my sleep. I’ve spent many hours filling up pages in my planner, detangling the knots I’ve made in my brain trying to figure out how I can fit in over twenty hours of work in a few hours.

What should you really be studying at university? Should it be what you’re most passionate about? What if you no longer care about that field by the time you graduate or realise you don’t really have much to contribute to it?

Parenting must be so daunting. Imagine being in charge of an entire person, one who doesn't know how to do anything.

There was a time when I used to write poetry, and my first proper poem was titled “Friends”.

I am not fond of change.

As I grow older, the idea of a new year somehow becomes more and more daunting to me. Maybe it’s because the year has come to an end before I am done with all the things I promised myself I’d do.

It’s the penultimate issue of the year.

National days get stranger as you grow up. As a child, you are told what a certain day commemorates, you’re told the stories, and

The weather has gotten chilly, Cyclone Jawad blew over us and finally it’s time to get to the weddings.

I am not a morning person. It’s really difficult for me to go to bed by 11 and then wake up sometime around 6 or 7 in the morning. I am more of a noon person, and that’s probably what makes me salty.

I spent the last two weeks in anticipation of seeing my favourite face after two whole years. I counted days, marked the calendar, set (multiple) reminders and yet, the day couldn’t have passed fast enough.

I was five when I first visited Cox’s Bazar. We took a train from Kamalapur, and I was super stoked, so much so that I unboxed and

When I was at school, a friend once pointed to a junior and went “Even that kid in Year 6 is dating someone but you aren’t.”

The world’s leading environmental conference is taking place right now in Glasgow, Scotland. COP 26. All the king’s horses and all

I enjoy going through the comment sections under YouTube videos. They are at times funny, and at times nostalgic.

I watch a lot of television. Whether I’m on an Uber ride home, or studying for a final with my room locked,