The New Year and the Secular Mask
How Pohela Boishakh was turned into an elite ritual, and why Bangladesh must reclaim its public culture
Pinaki Bhattacharya
Bangladeshi Writer, Activist, & Social Thinker , The Three
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Pinaki Bhattacharya is a Bangladeshi writer, activist, and social thinker whose debut novel, Fulkumari: The Tale of a Refugee and a Rat in Pandemic Paris, written in exile, was published by PICT Books in Paris in 2025. The novel became an Amazon bestseller.
Articles by Pinaki 7
Ideas
Ideas
Marx, Or the Intimacy of the Unfamiliar
A philosophical reading of Marx's central ideas through a Bangladeshi lens
Arts & Letters
The Wanderer Dhaka Had to Invent
Paris produced its flâneur through architecture. Dhaka had to invent its wanderer through fiction.
Opinion
After the Landslide
Bangladesh's 2026 Election and the Question of Legitimacy: An Open Letter
Ideas
Why Book Titles Matter More Than Party Slogans
What Karl Marx Can Teach Us About Politics, Ideology, and the Poetry of History
Politics
The Verdict of the Campuses
How Student Elections Quietly Redrew Bangladesh's Political Map
Arts & Letters
When Dhaka Dreamed First
Marxist Romance, Feminist Awakening, and the Forgotten Magic of Surjo Konna