From Bollywood’s Animal to Dhaka’s Toofan, Southasia’s film industries are recycling a dangerous archetype, the violent, hypermasculine hero. Despite changing times, new platforms, and more diverse audiences, this “angry young man” refuses to fade from the screen. Why does he still sell, and what does that say about us?
What does this Western-originated term truly reveal, and what profound realities does it obscure about the young people of the Global South?
Dhaka is not for beginners. Every day you make it to the end in one piece is a good day. Even survival for another 24 hours is a victory.
This short story was first written and published in 1994. Today, it has been reimagined for our present moment -- not as nostalgia, but as a challenge, in the hope is that it stirs voters to question themselves, and in doing so, sparks the debate our nation desperately needs.
We have often heard rhetoric from our leaders about Bangladesh following the Singapore model. But what would that mean in real terms and what are the key things that Singapore did right that Bangladesh can realistically follow?
Neither did our history begin in 1971 nor is it something we must leave behind, as we face the future. Let us truly embrace our past and understand where we came from as a people and a nation.
Bangladesh needs to protect itself and its intellectual property in the age of artificial intelligence. Do our leaders and decision-makers understand what is at stake?
We need to revive Bengali Islamic architecture. The eight new mosques recently announced would be the perfect place to start.
Reflections on The Djinn Waits for a Hundred Years, a haunting, lyrical novel blending family secrets, loss, and magical realism, set in a decaying mansion by the sea -- where love, memory, and womanhood quietly shape every story
Now that Hasina is gone, it is time we explore these deep fissures in our formative years, not just through political thrillers, but also serious, scholarly enquiries.
