IT is often said that the West’s academic interest in the East, its culture and languages was not driven by curiosity but the real motive behind the oriental studies was colonial designs and ...

LeftWord Books, which is 25 this year, challenges the idea that Leftist ideas are past their sell-by date. Its booklist doesn ...

A prominent figure in modern Bengali poetry, Haider was exiled by the Sheikh Mujibur Rehman government in 1974 after his poem ...