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- Category: Bangladesh
- Remembering turbulent days of August 2007 in Dhaka September 29th, 2024
- The days after the fall of Hasina August 7th, 2024
- The fall of the Hasina regime – an end to a long nightmare August 7th, 2024
- The Night of Bullets, March 25, 1971 March 24th, 2024
- Crossing Borders, Mapping Tongues - essay at Papercuts March 2nd, 2019
- Partition At 70: August 1947-2017 August 30th, 2017
- A mythical place called Bangla Motors - revised version April 22nd, 2017
- In Bangladesh, writing fiction about the liberation war may well become impossible July 4th, 2016
- Down a Slippery Road: Increasing Religious Persecution in Bangladesh May 7th, 2016
- Bangladesh: Fighting for free expression in an age of death squads July 17th, 2015 (1)
- Bangladesh: Stifling A Country May 9th, 2015
- Category: books
- Stories we read in 2021 in our short story reading club December 20th, 2022
- Stories we read in 2020 in our short story reading club December 19th, 2022
- Stories we read in 2022 in our short story reading club December 19th, 2022
- Our online short story reading club completes third year December 19th, 2022
- Why we need a new, truly global, prize for world literature October 15th, 2016
- In Bangladesh, writing fiction about the liberation war may well become impossible July 4th, 2016
- The Aerogram Book Club discussion on Uday Prakash’s The Girl with the Golden Parasol April 11th, 2015
- On the Dearth of South Asian translations in the U.S. August 20th, 2014
- Letter from America: FICTION FACTORIES November 9th, 2013
- Letter from America: LIBRARY LOVE November 9th, 2013
- Letter from America: NOIR ALGERIA November 9th, 2013
- Letter from America: A DETOUR TO ROME November 9th, 2013
- Pirates of translation January 21st, 2011 (3)
- Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) August 4th, 2008 (10)
- Yaba Sundori: real life clobbers fiction July 27th, 2008 (2)
- Masud Rana: Super Spy Of Transplant Fiction March 9th, 2007 (5)
- At the AWP in Austin April 28th, 2006 (6)
- Remembering Octavia Butler, 1947-2006 March 16th, 2006 (4)
- Hurricane from the past, via Google November 6th, 2005 (1)
- Category: fiction
- The Night of Bullets, March 25, 1971 March 24th, 2024
- Stories we read in 2021 in our short story reading club December 20th, 2022
- Stories we read in 2020 in our short story reading club December 19th, 2022
- Stories we read in 2022 in our short story reading club December 19th, 2022
- Our online short story reading club completes third year December 19th, 2022
- In Bangladesh, writing fiction about the liberation war may well become impossible July 4th, 2016
- The Aerogram Book Club discussion on Uday Prakash’s The Girl with the Golden Parasol April 11th, 2015
- Letter from America: FICTION FACTORIES November 9th, 2013
- Letter from America: NOIR ALGERIA November 9th, 2013
- Letter from America: A DETOUR TO ROME November 9th, 2013
- A new translation: Once Again Love April 4th, 2009
- Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) August 4th, 2008 (10)
- Yaba Sundori: real life clobbers fiction July 27th, 2008 (2)
- Masud Rana: Super Spy Of Transplant Fiction March 9th, 2007 (5)
- Remembering Octavia Butler, 1947-2006 March 16th, 2006 (4)
- Make believe January 22nd, 2006 (4)
- The end for rickshaws in Kolkata? November 13th, 2005 (2)
- Category: free expression
- Category: friends
- Remembering Patsy Fox February 27th, 2023 (3)
- Remembering Leila Abu-Saba (1962-2009) October 17th, 2009 (1)
- Category: Killing the Water
- Reviews of "Killing the Water" April 28th, 2010 (4)
- Category: memoir
- The Night of Bullets, March 25, 1971 March 24th, 2024
- Remembering Patsy Fox February 27th, 2023 (3)
- Crossing Borders, Mapping Tongues - essay at Papercuts March 2nd, 2019
- A mythical place called Bangla Motors - revised version April 22nd, 2017
- Letter from America: FICTION FACTORIES November 9th, 2013
- Letter from America: LIBRARY LOVE November 9th, 2013
- Flâneuring around Calcutta January 6th, 2009 (9)
- Looking backwards: 1947 and after September 9th, 2007 (4)
- Remembering Octavia Butler, 1947-2006 March 16th, 2006 (4)
- Make believe January 22nd, 2006 (4)
- A mythical place called Bangla Motors November 21st, 2005 (7)
- Writing in a 'foreign' tongue October 31st, 2005 (4)
- Letters in the age of e-mail October 23rd, 2005 (4)
- Category: migration
- Crossing Borders, Mapping Tongues - essay at Papercuts March 2nd, 2019
- Looking backwards: 1947 and after September 9th, 2007 (4)
- Troubled waters January 3rd, 2006 (2)
- How far is Penang from Dhaka? October 17th, 2005 (3)
- Category: music
- Letter from America: DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA IN DHAKA November 9th, 2013 (7)
- Category: society
- Remembering turbulent days of August 2007 in Dhaka September 29th, 2024
- Out of class, into the drivers seat: driving an 18-wheeler across America February 26th, 2021
- Partition At 70: August 1947-2017 August 30th, 2017
- A mythical place called Bangla Motors - revised version April 22nd, 2017
- Down a Slippery Road: Increasing Religious Persecution in Bangladesh May 7th, 2016
- Bangladesh: Fighting for free expression in an age of death squads July 17th, 2015 (1)
- Bangladesh: Stifling A Country May 9th, 2015
- Eid Literature Specials 2008 October 26th, 2008 (1)
- Brushes with Faith, Sin, and the Weird May 17th, 2008 (3)
- Limits of satire September 19th, 2007 (11)
- Looking backwards: 1947 and after September 9th, 2007 (4)
- Why do people smash cars? August 27th, 2007
- No room for mistakes August 27th, 2007 (1)
- A trivial event? August 27th, 2007
- Support the BNWLA shelter campaign July 5th, 2007
- Waterlogged Dhaka June 15th, 2007 (3)
- Troubled waters January 3rd, 2006 (2)
- A mythical place called Bangla Motors November 21st, 2005 (7)
- The end for rickshaws in Kolkata? November 13th, 2005 (2)
- Hurricanes and regime change October 9th, 2005 (1)
- Refugee? September 25th, 2005 (9)
- Category: tools
- Cassettes and the analog-digital divide December 4th, 2005 (2)
- Hurricane from the past, via Google November 6th, 2005 (1)
- Category: translation
- Crossing Borders, Mapping Tongues - essay at Papercuts March 2nd, 2019
- The Aerogram Book Club discussion on Uday Prakash’s The Girl with the Golden Parasol April 11th, 2015
- On the Dearth of South Asian translations in the U.S. August 20th, 2014
- Pirates of translation January 21st, 2011 (3)
- A new translation: Once Again Love April 4th, 2009
- Category: travels
- Out of class, into the drivers seat: driving an 18-wheeler across America February 26th, 2021
- Letter from America: LIBRARY LOVE November 9th, 2013
- Flâneuring around Calcutta January 6th, 2009 (9)
- Brushes with Faith, Sin, and the Weird May 17th, 2008 (3)
- A stormy greeting in Dhaka October 1st, 2006 (5)
- A tale of two cities: New Orleans & Detroit September 12th, 2006 (5)
- Canada, the Atlantic coast and looping back September 9th, 2006
- From the Gulf to the Canadian border August 30th, 2006 (3)
- Down to the flatlands August 14th, 2006 (1)
- God has billboards in Oklahoma! August 14th, 2006 (6)
- Signs in the mountains August 13th, 2006 (3)
- Driving through Utah August 6th, 2006 (1)
- "Vegas is king, baby." August 6th, 2006 (1)
- Heading towards Los Angeles August 4th, 2006
- Farewell to Oakland August 2nd, 2006 (5)
- At the AWP in Austin April 28th, 2006 (6)
- How far is Penang from Dhaka? October 17th, 2005 (3)
- On a street named Moliere October 2nd, 2005 (4)
- Category: writing
- Crossing Borders, Mapping Tongues - essay at Papercuts March 2nd, 2019
- Why we need a new, truly global, prize for world literature October 15th, 2016
- In Bangladesh, writing fiction about the liberation war may well become impossible July 4th, 2016
- Bangladesh: Fighting for free expression in an age of death squads July 17th, 2015 (1)
- Bangladesh: Stifling A Country May 9th, 2015
- Letter from America: LIBRARY LOVE November 9th, 2013
- Remembering Leila Abu-Saba (1962-2009) October 17th, 2009 (1)
- Eid Literature Specials 2008 October 26th, 2008 (1)
- Remembering Mahmudul Haque (1941-2008) August 4th, 2008 (10)
- Masud Rana: Super Spy Of Transplant Fiction March 9th, 2007 (5)
- At the AWP in Austin April 28th, 2006 (6)
- Remembering Octavia Butler, 1947-2006 March 16th, 2006 (4)
- Make believe January 22nd, 2006 (4)
- Cassettes and the analog-digital divide December 4th, 2005 (2)
- Writing in a 'foreign' tongue October 31st, 2005 (4)
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