Category: My thought-book

  • How Political Storytelling Manipulates Youth in Bangladesh

    How Political Storytelling Manipulates Youth in Bangladesh

    I’ve been thinking a lot about how the stories leaders tell can push people to vote, protest, or even change their whole view of the world. We call these “narratives” – basically, they’re like tales with a beginning, middle, and end that make complicated ideas feel simple and real. In politics, these stories aren’t just…

  • Phobia to Nervous moment? Is it normal?

    Phobia to Nervous moment? Is it normal?

    The Thrill That Once Fueled Me I used to live for those “heartbeat moments.” You know the ones—when the football penalty kick decides the World Cup qualifier, when Mustafizur Rahman bowls the final over in a Bangladesh-India thriller, or when you’re refreshing the HSC results page at 2 a.m., heart pounding like it’s about to…