Samiul AlamBrexit and It’s Looming Legacy: Around the WorldAs the polls concluded in the UK after months of grueling campaigning which in which the majority expected Britain to stay united and vote…Apr 25Apr 25
Samiul AlamThe Working Class of Bangladesh: Middle-Class Dreams and RealitiesDhaka, a mushrooming metropolis growing at an unsustainable rate. The unplanned city-wide development and brutalist architectural revival…Apr 25Apr 25
Samiul AlamThe Matter of GPA 5 and Education in BangladeshNo, I am not talking about Guam Power Authority. This is about the culture of chasing the Grade Point Average in Bangladesh. I want to…Jun 26, 2023Jun 26, 2023
Samiul AlamMy Political Awakening: Barack Obama Presidency and BeyondI was a 17-year-old metalhead when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the president. I had an apathy towards politics before that, It never…Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020
Samiul AlamLiberal Arts Education in Bangladesh: Why is it so scorned and disliked?“Arts?!? Why would you study that?” “Only dumb kids who could not get in Science stream study that” and there are tons of other degrading…Oct 15, 2020Oct 15, 2020
Samiul AlamEducated Intelligentsia: Why they don’t make the best custodians of the earthLet’s imagine a petroleum engineer with their PhD; working for mining company at the Athabasca oil sands at Alberta, Canada. They are…Oct 14, 2020Oct 14, 2020
Samiul AlamRape Culture in Bangladesh: Time to Wake the F### Up!Bangladesh and sexual violence towards women go back to the birth of the nation. In 1971, there was a campaign of systemic sexual violence…Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020
Samiul AlamBangali Entitlement: Apartheid in the HillsKalpana Chakma, a name that lives as a shame for the nation. A woman who was has been missing for 19 years now because she spoke up…Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020
Samiul AlamAtisha and Forgotten HistoriesAtish Dipankar Srijnan (980–1054) was a Buddhist teacher/master from Bikrampur, Bangladesh. He is still held as an archetypal figure in…Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020
Samiul AlamKabir Singh and Bollywood’s Unending MisogynyOnce a good friend of mine told me to hate content critically, you have to have to go through the content first. I have read here and…Jan 8, 2020Jan 8, 2020