Fiction — It’s 4:30 local morning time in the US-Mexico border. During summer, extreme heat weather is a common event here. Sometimes temperature remains above 100F for three or four consecutive weeks. Hence, it’s very difficult for the residents in the border area to sort out, which day is the hottest one…

My Graduate Life and Quest for Knowledge — An International Graduate Student’s Perceptions I belong to a Bengali middle-class family where my erudite, bookish and ‘very sincere’ parents always endeavor to make me comprehend that without a ‘sincere’ academic life, I cannot achieve the desired aims in my life. My efforts, in tandem with their…

Requiem for lives of women across the United States — “When talking about human rights, in truth we’re referring to men’s rights. If a man is beaten and deprived of his freedom, it’s called torture. When a woman endures the same, it’s called domestic violence and is still considered a private matter in most of the world” — Isabel Allende …

Talking Points — Michael Ball-Blakely (2021) in his article ‘Migration, mobility and segregation: freedom of movement as equal opportunity’ shares insights on feudalism, segregation and transnational economy. His argument in the article contends that freedom of movement is a necessary tool for preventing political and economic oppression. The article has very good explanation…

Talking Points — The Old Stuff of History A way to live nowmedium.com Alison Acheson shares her own personal puzzles as to connection between a history major’s daily life and her reading efforts in order to drafting historical novel for middle-grade kids. Author’s time frame for the novel, which is mid-sixteenth century, brews curiosity into my mind. It was then such a time…

Talking Points — The decision of the Held v. State of Montana came at such moment, the victim ‘climate’ has been under the thicket of three troublesome rollers: A record breaking summer heat! Though this year Montana experienced pretty average summer, in many parts of the South, there had been consecutive (six weeks…

Talking Point — To me, the regions of Hawaii are places of tremendous beauty. Hawaii teaches me to appreciate the magnificence of the beauty of nature. Hence, it is very unacceptable to me to see coastal places of Hawaii burning to the ground. Wildfire veers the place into a tragic disaster site. It…

Talking Point — The Sahel region has always been plagued with instability in preceding decades. Earlier, it was rigged with terrorism and insurgency activities. In contemporary time, specifically since 2020, the region’s instability gets exacerbated by military coups in several countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso and the Chad. Looking at the history…

Talking Point — Since its independence, Niger experienced multiple coups and uprising. However, the recent coup has appeared as a control variable regarding peace and stability of the Sahel region of Africa. In fact, in recent time, the Sahel region has become a hotspot of military coups. The list is quite long. Since…