A Tribute to Science Fiction
This article was written when I was 16 years old and published in the popular astronomy journal “Akash Totthya.” They say it all began with Mary…
With These Thoughts…
The other photo was taken by my friend Gordon Hatt at the wedding of my dear friends Sarah and David in Manitoulin Island during that same summer. After…
This Post is About Racism
This post is about racism: I had a wonderful time listening to classic bluesy songs at an international club in Gulshan tonight but the night didn’t…
My Homeland in the Imagination: An Homage to Salman Rushdie
What I found interesting and beautiful was that Kundera’s defence of Rushdie’s controversial novel wasn’t based on freedom of expression, instead, it was based on the art of the novel.
Sister
Having adopted three cats while I lived there, I spent considerable time in the busy waiting room of an animal hospital in the town of Waco,…
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…
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…
Rain on the Window
I am in the back of a car. It is late at night. Outside it’s raining. Outside it’s Monsoon. As the car passes through small village…
Metaphorica
Remember when words fell on the soft ground of your mind like big droplets of rain? Or when they rose up like incense smoke in the…