Your secularism is cold

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There is a certain coldness that may descend with being human first. There is a certain coldness of non-communalism (অসাম্প্রদায়িকতা). Non-communalism, now used as a progressive term, seems to me as a capitalistic individualist idea. We need some communalism to save this society, I posit. Trying to sever humans from human groups, i.e communes, and … Read more

Towards a public’s university

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The academy must fall for the university to survive The academy and the university are often confused with one another. We have come to believe that the elitist and exclusionary institutions that confer degrees represent the university. In our overindulgence with the allure of degrees and prestige, we have forgotten the true function of the … Read more

Give hate a chance

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We are recycling our archaic illiberalism. White supremacists parading down the street, far-leftists punching nationalists and Neo-nazis ramming their car through protests have given a new life to the age old doubts over toleration. People are asking, again, when should we stop tolerating the intolerant? Never. Unconditional toleration is not only the best way to … Read more

The case against childbirth

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Without consent, anything is immoral; why should childbirth be an exception? The premise of this problem is pretty simple: during childbirth, a child is brought into the world without its prior consent. As such, childbirth is immoral. Why is consent so important? Because consent is the bedrock of morality in most cases. You kill someone … Read more

Aequalis: A tale of tellers

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“The real world is much smaller than the imaginary” ― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Chapter 1: Goya “So, you are having nightmares?” “Not really, no. I am just having dreams.” “They are not bad in particular?” “I mean, bad things happen. But they happen just as bad things happen in real life. That is the trouble, you … Read more