Nusrat Jahan According to a report published in the April issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter, reprimanding, swearing, hollering, accusing, annoying, debilitating, scorning, disparaging, and scrutinizing can be as destructive as physical or sexual abuse outside the home, or seeing physical abuse at home. At the point when verbal misuse is steady and serious,…
Nobonita Chowdhury Being an urban Bangladeshi woman in 2016 is considered to be a privilege. We didn’t have to grow up in the era our mothers and grandmothers did. We have access to basic civil rights and have a wider range of career choices than our previous generation could have ever imagined. More importantly: we…
Gutenberg’s Press: What makes a book, a book? Is it just anything that stores and communicates information or does it have to do with paper, binding, font, ink, its smell of the pages? Is this a book? To answer these questions we need to go back of the book as we know it and understand…
The water over there is like crystal clear. When you will be swimming, you might see fishes. Many people go for Jaaflong rather than going there. This place is beautiful. But I want to tell my fellow traveler’s friend not to throw waste material on the water. Because Jaaflong has lost its beauty only for…
Marilyn Thipthorpe You betcha sorry a$$ it does! Ok *Cough” that might have come out too vehemently! But hey I’m an honest gal and I think women should have the guts to give their opinion freely. Guys don’t shy away from boasting about their member so why should we be afraid to say that size…
Myisha Nawar June 10th was National Iced tea Day and while it’s only an unofficial food holiday, it makes sense that Americans would set aside a day to celebrate this amazing summertime sip: THEY POPULARIZED IT! While tea itself has been consumed in America since the Colonial Times (umm remember The Boston Tea Party?), iced…
Nobonita Chowdhury Bhutan has gained popularity among tourists in an unconventional way. Of course, its picturesque sceneries have earned it points, but what really intrigues tourists is its policy of Gross National Happiness. But what’s really interesting is how that Gross National Happiness is achieved. Its happiness is achieved by the acceptance of death. In…
Nusrat Jahan The mishap at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that took place in 1986 had an overwhelming effect on the nearby populace and constrained 116,000 individuals to abandon their homes. However, analysts have now found that, while the general population might not have taken a ride back home, the tainted region of Belarus is…
Samiul Bashar Samin With their cathedrals of sound, this Montreal collective built a fiercely loyal fan base in the 2000s, a following that counted rock heroes like David Byrne and David Bowie as members. The band’s sound — a mix of slashed strings, blaring brass, pounded percussion, and Win Butler’s spooked croon — was smart…
Tara Sattar The photo was taken by a photojournalist back in the time when the school kids came down to the streets to protest “Apartheid”. The story that comes with it is horrifying and changed the view of the world. Antoinette Sithole, now 65, tells the story of that frightful day to TIME. In Soweto,…