The Second Eternity
For E. [This was published in Carved Voices and is based on an earlier essay of mine.] Late one evening, as I waited for her outside…
Love and Time
More time is not more eternity. — Juan Ramón Jiménez What if someone or something exists only for a very short interval of time? Would you…
Speech: 10 Years of PSI
On the 21st of June, 2019, I was invited to give a speech to celebrate 10 years of PSI. Here’s the speech (video starts at my…
Afsan Chowdhury: Do we really care about Felani?
Do we really care about Felani? By Afsan Chowdhury for AlalODulal.org Do you have to be shot by the Indian security forces and lie hanging on…
Jamal Nazrul Islam and the Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Image of Jamal Nazrul Islam © Nasir Ali Mamun Jamal Nazrul Islam and the Ultimate Fate of the Universeby Tibra Ali For Nargis Naaz Islam[Originally published…
Omar Faruk Babu Remembered
Omar Faruk Babu Remembered (d. May 2013) 1. Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org The awful daring of a moment’s surrenderWhich an age of prudence can never retractBy this,…
Trayvon Martin & Limon Hossain: Innocence on Trial
Trayvon Martin and Limon Hossain: Innocence on Trialby Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org I recently came across a chalked message on the sidewalk that summed up the media…
Is it Eid today in Matiranga?
Is it Eid today in Matiranga?By Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org Is it Eid today? Is it the end of Ramadan? I remember when I was a…
Our Political Misomusists
Our Political Misomusistsby Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org It is an elementary fact of linguistics that the same word can carry different meanings. In particular, the word…
Kazi Nazrul Islam: Hindus and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims by Kazi Nazrul Islam Translated by Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org One day I was discussing the Hindu-Muslim problem with GurudevRabindranath. Gurudev said: Look, you…