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It’s the war we’ve fought, the emotions we’ve felt, and it is the story of a person who fought for his life”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/books-literature/news/desire-identity-and-the-boundaries-silence-3825026" aria-label="Desire, Identity, and the boundaries of silence "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/16/ds-book.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/16/ds-book.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/books-literature/news/desire-identity-and-the-boundaries-silence-3825026">Desire, Identity, and the boundaries of silence</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Saikat Majumdar, a professor of English and Creative Writing at Ashoka University, is a writer whose works delve deep into the intricacies of identity, desire, and the tensions between personal yearnings and institutional expectations.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/books-literature/news/the-space-indigeneity-discussing-ethnicity-and-adivasi-identity-bangladesh-3825021" aria-label="The space for indigeneity: Discussing ‘Ethnicity and Adivasi Identity in Bangladesh’ "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/16/discuss.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/16/discuss.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/books-literature/news/the-space-indigeneity-discussing-ethnicity-and-adivasi-identity-bangladesh-3825021">The space for indigeneity: Discussing ‘Ethnicity and Adivasi Identity in Bangladesh’</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The recognition of indigenous citizens and their rights has been a point of contention in Bangladeshi politics for quite some time.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/books-literature/news/sabyasachi-prokashoni-swarmed-protesters-ekushey-boi-mela-mahfuj-issues-warning-3821106" aria-label="Sabyasachi Prokashoni swarmed by protesters at Ekushey Boi Mela; Mahfuj issues warning "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/10/book_fair_12.jpg.png 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/10/book_fair_12.jpg.png" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/books-literature/news/sabyasachi-prokashoni-swarmed-protesters-ekushey-boi-mela-mahfuj-issues-warning-3821106">Sabyasachi Prokashoni swarmed by protesters at Ekushey Boi Mela; Mahfuj issues warning</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The stall was forced to shut down in front of the crowd. No news of harm or injury has been reported yet</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/books-literature/poetry/news/im-butterfly-3818701" aria-label="I’m but a butterfly "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/08/literature1.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/08/literature1.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/books-literature/poetry/news/im-butterfly-3818701">I’m but a butterfly</a> </h3> <p class="intro">I’m but a butterfly, not a bird; Why do I want to soar high?</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/books-literature/news/anwar-ehtesham-unveils-his-first-photo-book-hopes-and-dreams-3817906" aria-label="Anwar Ehtesham unveils his first photo book, ‘Hopes and Dreams’ "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/06/booking.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/06/booking.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/books-literature/news/anwar-ehtesham-unveils-his-first-photo-book-hopes-and-dreams-3817906">Anwar Ehtesham unveils his first photo book, ‘Hopes and Dreams’</a> </h3> <p class="intro">This collection of 121 compelling photographs captures the hopes, dreams, resilience, and daily lives of Dhaka’s working-class individuals</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/daily-star-books/news/murakami-and-the-limits-artists-imagination-3817211" aria-label="Murakami and the limits of an artist’s imagination "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/06/uncertain-walls.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/06/uncertain-walls.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/daily-star-books/news/murakami-and-the-limits-artists-imagination-3817211">Murakami and the limits of an artist’s imagination</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls, its English translation published last November, plunges the reader into a kind of metaphysical vertigo that never reaches a concluding synthesis.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tech-list-view"> <div class="card position-relative type-list pl-0 border-bottom-blue"> <div class="card-image position-relative "> <a href="/books-literature/news/rediscovering-reading-how-fragments-riversong-helped-me-heal-3817241" aria-label="Rediscovering Reading: How ‘Fragments of Riversong’ helped me heal "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/06/fragments-of-riversong.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/02/06/fragments-of-riversong.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/books-literature/news/rediscovering-reading-how-fragments-riversong-helped-me-heal-3817241">Rediscovering Reading: How ‘Fragments of Riversong’ helped me heal </a> </h3> <p class="intro">Harvard killed my love for reading. 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