A Calcutta nightclub and its singers star in this World War II novel of love under colonialism

An excerpt from Sharbari Zohra Ahmed’s debut novel ‘Dust Under Her Feet’.

Sharbari Zohra Ahmed

· Aug 12, 2019 · 07:30 am

What makes Bangladesh vulnerable to radical Islam is its absolute denial that it could be so

For an aggressive conservatism to take root, it has to gain momentum stealthily over decades.

Sharbari Zohra Ahmed

· Oct 16, 2016 · 07:00 am

Searching for a home in the world: Why Bangladesh's fiction writers are isolated

While Bangla literature has grown in the country, the lack of translation has cut it off from the world.

Sharbari Zohra Ahmed

· May 14, 2016 · 10:00 am

How I went from being a novelist to a writer on Priyanka Chopra’s ‘Quantico’

The transition from writing in solitude to pitching ideas to a room was difficult.

Sharbari Zohra Ahmed

· Jan 26, 2016 · 08:30 am