“I witness nothing but ignorance towards Sylhet”

I wrote this article for The Daily Star’s Shout with a heavy heart. Electricity went out this morning and so chronicles an array of anxiety and fear, anger and frustration. The rain has been incessant and the water level keeps rising outside our home in Kumarpara, which is relatively in a higher ground than the…

Mental Health Therapy in Bangladesh: A Comprehensive Guide

This article was written for The Interlude for the Mental Health Awareness Month in collaboration with a few other members. You can read the full article here or below. The infamous impression of psychological therapy in our country, especially our older generation, is nothing new. Even if we ever gather enough courage to ask our…

Why #blacklivesmatter?

“Why #blacklivesmatter?” If you’re a South Asian and have asked this question, please read ahead. • “All lives matter.” Yes, they indeed do. We should all be treated the same. We all bleed the same colour. However, when George Floyd was choked to death because his neck was held under the police officer’s knee for…