Society

Navigating Belief, Empathy, and Silence

To live fully is to stand barefoot on the razor's edge between what we know and what we can only feel -- embracing the magnificent chaos of a mind that refuses to be tamed.

A Mother Runs First, So Her Daughter Can Start Further Ahead

The mother is running for survival. Her hope, perhaps, is that one day her daughter will be able to run for choice. That distinction matters.

Understanding Paedophilia Among Bangladesh's Hujur Class

When a grown man rapes an 11-year-old and society's first instinct is to ask whether the girl was "of age," the problem is no longer just one predator. It is a collective willingness to call a psychiatric disorder a matter of taste.

The Universal Truth, Unspoken Pain, and a Call to the New Dawn

​Life is not easy, and assuming it is will only lead to trouble. Yet, there is immense strength in embracing this reality with courage.

The Growing Influence of AI on Gen Z

The future will depend not simply on how intelligent machines become, but on whether society remains committed to nurturing emotionally healthy, critically thoughtful, and socially connected human beings.

But Why Didn’t She Leave?

The woman does not remain because she is foolish. She may be trapped inside a psychologically destabilizing pattern in which exceptional moments of tenderness are interpreted as evidence that the relationship can still be saved.

The Architecture of Dependency

True sovereignty begins at home, built from the ground up through economic, cultural, and ecological self-determination.

The Past Is Not Even Past

Maybe  the greatest tribute to July is not in another speech or another procession but to remember that revolutions are not only moments of triumph but also the collective memories of sorrow carried quietly by thousands of ordinary citizens.

The Unseen Line: On Andrzej Bargiel, Everest, and the Geography of Ambition

The Western adventurer, armed with a historically cultivated obsession and corporate capital, comes to a land where the mountains are woven into the spiritual and daily life. He relies on the unparalleled skill and strength of the Sherpas, whose names are too often relegated to the fine print of history, to achieve a personal zenith.

Kulsum’s Disconnected Island

In Bangladesh, we nonstop speak of institutional reform, a tech-forward future, and human potential, but willingly deprive the people in char areas entirely of essential infrastructure.

Women and Girls Must Still Fight the Beauty Wars

Mental health is significantly affected by the media's ideas given towards women's beauty, especially for younger girls. Research shows that exposure of media images of unachievable beauty standards can lead to body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem and eating disorders.

The Porcupine, the Girl, and the Double-Tap

I am profoundly thankful that Senehma exists. And I am profoundly terrified that she does. Because the world we have built demands that we learn to doubt miracles, just so we can survive the unrelenting noise of the horrors.

The Plantation That Outlived the Empire

Sylhet’s Tea Garden Adivasis and the Unbroken Architecture of Colonial Indenture

The Digital Shalish Court

The most obvious solution is the legal system must criminalize online shaming and punish the cyber-harassers instead of forcing women to disable their accounts.

Why are We Talking About What Women Wear?

Women are neither vessels of national honour nor laboratories of cultural experimentation. They are citizens. And the value of a citizen lies not in her clothing, but in her ideas, her voice, her political convictions, and her contributions.

The Bedsheet Theory of Women's Success

A political culture that cannot imagine women as independent political actors inevitably returns to patriarchy's oldest explanation: If a woman has succeeded, she must have traded her body for power. That explanation tells us very little about women. But it tells us almost everything about the society that produces it.