I got to know Jowshan Ara better when I visited her home to interview her husband, Mahbub ul Alam Chowdhury, the poet who wrote the first poem on Ekushey.

If you’re someone who tends to pay attention to details, you will find a CliffsNotes for The Bell Jar on the coffee table next to Heather Chandler’s dead body in the 1988 cult classic,

Few experiences in life can prepare us to be more sensitive, more inclusive, and generally kinder human beings than reading.

Sabiha Huq excavates and discusses overlooked texts written by Muslim women and questions the position of women within Islamic cultures in South Asia at large.

Though the universe of literature was once dominated by male authors, their female counterparts are breaking the barrier by showing their extraordinary literary prowess.