novels
7 lyrical fantasy books: Where prose becomes poetry
These are books that invite you to pause over a line, to linger in a paragraph, to lose yourself not in spectacle but in rhythm
7 October 2025, 11:14 AM
What do the end-of-the-world narratives tell us about the climate crisis?
Thinking of the roles of narratives in responding to the climate crisis, the most obvious one that comes to mind is the effective reach of narratives that connect us to the crisis, emotionally and intellectually.
23 December 2023, 13:55 PM
Ink and memories: Revisiting the 'Anandamela' days
As a juvenile bibliophile, I used to see the copies as a delicate object greeting with utter care and affection.
7 December 2023, 13:55 PM
If you don’t like reading, then comic books are for you
Very few avenues of storytelling have the same level of diversity and versatility as comics, and if you are someone who has an aversion towards reading general books, comics might turn that dislike into a regular reading habit.
27 October 2023, 19:55 PM
My first foray into fiction with Feluda
Growing up, I never analysed what drew me to the Feluda novels. It is only now that I marvel at how Feluda remained the fiction novel read at leisure by a self-proclaimed Bookworm such as myself for so long in my childhood.
2 May 2023, 12:57 PM
Home and its place in Bangla literature
When we study the effects of urbanisation on formerly relevant concepts of home, newer images pop up and we find them coexisting with the previously established one.
18 March 2023, 15:00 PM
Romance novels for those who aren’t in love
These books have made me fall for the idea of love, and believe in it.
16 February 2023, 12:55 PM
‘Emily’ and creative freedom in literary biopics
It got me thinking that we are fascinated by the behind-the-scenes lives of our cultural obsessions, and the personal lives of authors can come to feel like public possessions just as much as their works. It is this sense of ownership that can risk conflict over films about literary icons.
20 August 2022, 13:08 PM
Humayun Ahmed and the language of Bangladeshi novels
His written language came close to spoken language due to the primitive and original style of Bengali syntax—simple sentence structures.
29 July 2022, 06:00 AM