Kazi Nazrul Islam, known as the Rebel Poet, is the national poet of Bangladesh. He wrote short stories, essays and novels too, but poems...

O Kabul, What haven't you been through! What misery you didn't face! What sorrows you don't bear! What horrors you don't know! O Kabul!...

Even though I was born into the disability community, I knew nothing about the words “disability rights” until I turned 13. Wanting to...

When was the last time you read about menstruation in a book? If you are lucky, you may have come across literature that describes the...

Over centuries of human civilisation, there have been many revolutions, protests and overthrowing of oppressive regimes around the world....

As more and more people are aware of social issues and injustice in society, there has been a rise of activism and advocacy, especially...

What is intersectionality? It’s the “complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism,...

When my father sees me reading Nivedita Menon’s Seeing Like a Feminist (2012), he makes a remark full of sarcastic disapproval. Menon, in...

The world has changed and evolved so much he finds himself sprinting to keep up with its pace. He now understands the world and its...