Peeling the Onion ‘Onions make me cry.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘I meant what I just said – “onions make me cry”.’ ‘Oh you are so prosaic.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘I meant what I just said – “you are prosaic”.’ ‘Prose-ike! Well, there is no poetry in onion for sure!’ ‘On the contrary, onion …
‘GLOBALECTICS’ OPTIONALLY SPECIFY AN ALTERNATIVE
Ngugi’s ‘s Globalectics is a pleasure to read through. The writer had officially called for the abolition of the English department right after he joined University of Nairobi. He thought English did not deserve to be privileged as that only “reinforced the view that Europe was the center of the universe.” Ngugi has called for …
BEFORE THE LAST SKY
CARTOONIST LE MONDE MUSHARRAF
JUNAED KHAN
A DAY NOT TO BE MISSED
by Shamsi Ara Huda These days we celebrate a very glossy, multihued and extravagant Pahela Baishakh. We arrange everything meticulously and the least mistake makes us terribly upset. We need exclusive saree and panjabi matching jewelry, food, transport, concert everything according to individual choice. And it has no other way to be anything but …
A SMALL SACRIFICE
When I woke up that morning, it seemed like any other day. If I had known, perhaps I would have done things a little differently. Perhaps I would have spent less effort on trying to scrub the blackened grease off the cooking pots, and snatched a few more moments looking out of the jali* in …
SATIN
Where are we ? And what would you ask of me? you nor i can say, and i cannot repay you with tales of archetypal destiny, for i simply cannot perceive any. walking down a narrow street with smells ever amorous, it greets my senses with a foreboding applause. i see a lonely man wrapped …
IGNORANCE
Saffron indulges of the sensual mind. I left when hearts would not beat any longer for You or I, I walked till the ash of love resurfaced from ‘neath the ground and left with every step, a forest, unnoticed.
WINGS
Author – Amiya Sadnam Chowdhury Country Published – Bangladesh Publisher – Shamabesh, Dhaka ISBN – 9789848866214 Year of Publication – 2011 Bib. Info – 139p. ; 21cm. Subject – 1. Fiction Price – USD 18.00 (45 to 60 days) Amiya Sadnam Chowdhury 101 Amiya Sadnam Chowdhury woke up exactly at 12:17 PM, on Friday, 13 …
