Ibn Gias The face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium. ‘The face that launched a thousand ships’ is a figure of speech that stands for Helen of Troy. Helen was so beautiful that Greek men went to Troy and fought the Trojan War to win Helen back from Paris. [...][...]
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April 1st, 2011 - 12:01 am § in Reflections
Looking For Remedies
Kazi Falguni Eshita I live in a comparatively neat place at Uttara model town, Dhaka. 3rd floor is not a very calm place to live in, especially with quite a number of buildings under construction and thousands of other sources of noise pollution all around us. [...]
March 1st, 2011 - 12:02 am § in Reflections
Me and my Bengali
Kazi Falguni Eshita Despite being an English Medium student all throughout my life, I always had a special place for Bengali in my heart. It was always at the top of my favorite subject’s list. Since childhood, I had participated in many special competitions like the handwriting competition held o[...]
February 1st, 2011 - 12:01 am § in Reflections
Days of Pain and Pleasure
Kazi Falguni Eshita Pain…hmm, unkind, yet required sometimes. Actually, I had faced many days of this sort. Recently, I had sat for my final examination. That was the time my sister-in-law went through the last stage of pregnancy. So, obviously, she was not so well.[...]
December 1st, 2010 - 12:02 am § in Reflections
Eve-Teasing: Who are responsible for stalking
Irin Sultana Shatu Eve teasing is euphemism abused for public sexual harassment, street harassment or molestation of women by men, Sometimes it is referred to with a coy suggestion of innocent fun, making it appear innocuous with no resulting liability on the part of the perpetrator. Many boys take [...]
December 1st, 2010 - 12:02 am § in Reflections
Eve Teasing: How to Curve It
Ahmed Istiaq Sajid Before slating my view, I would like to share a story about one of my classmates. His name is Mamun. He is a very jolly boy. One day I was happened to see him carrying a guitar in the coaching campus. I noticed he was not playing it, rather was pretending to [...][...]
December 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Reflections
What They Think
We asked few students about the present state of Eve Teasing and how they see it. Accordingly we asked them a few questions to know their viewpoints. Here are some of them.[...]