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I am a Bangladeshi-born writer, lifelong bookaholic and devoted cinephile. I write reviews and reflections shaped by close reading, careful research and a love of philosophy. Every piece starts with one question: what is this work really trying to say, and does it succeed?

Apocalypto (2006) Breakdown: A Shocking Yet Stunning Survival Story

Apocalypto 2006 film review

What if the collapse of a civilization wasn’t told through dry historical textbooks but with the raw, blood-soaked urgency of … Read more

Is John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice (1971) Outdated? How It Challenges Our Political Systems Today

A Theory of Justice Outdated

A Theory of Justice by John Rawls has long been a cornerstone of modern political philosophy, offering a powerful framework … Read more

Capitalism vs Socialism: How Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom (1962) Shaped Economic Thought

Capitalism and Freedom (1962)

Capitalism and Freedom is a seminal economic and philosophical treatise by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, published originally in 1962 by … Read more

What Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014) Gets Totally Right (and Wrong)

Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty analysis

Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a groundbreaking book by French economist Thomas Piketty, first published in French in 2013 … Read more

The Second Machine Age (2014) Is Creating Billionaires—But You Don’t Have to Be Left Behind

The Second Machine Age (2014) Is Creating Billionaires—But You Don’t Have to Be Left Behind

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies is a landmark non-fiction book by … Read more

Why Harari’s Nexus (2024) May Be the Most Important Book You’ll Read This Decade

Nexus by Yuval Harari

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI is a thought-provoking work by the renowned … Read more

How Homo Deus (2016) Foresees Humanity’s Dark Future: The End of Homo Sapiens?

How Homo Deus (2016) Foresees Humanity’s Dark Future: The End of Homo Sapiens?

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is a thought-provoking non-fiction book written by Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli historian … Read more

Understanding The Black Swan Paradox (2007): Can We Truly Predict the Future?

The Black Swan Paradox (2007): Can We Truly Predict the Future?

Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable was published in 2007 by Random House (U.S.) … Read more

Nudge (2021): Is Choice Architecture a Trap? Uncover the Secrets of Behavioral Economics in Nudge

Nudge: Is Choice Architecture a Trap? Uncover the Secrets of Behavioral Economics in Nudge

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein is a groundbreaking work … Read more

Is Thinking Fast and Slow (2011) Overrated? Unpacking the Hype and the Hidden Gold

Thinking Fast and Slow (2011) Overrated? Unpacking the Hype and the Hidden Gold

Thinking Fast and Slow is the magnum opus of Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist whose work bridges the realms … Read more

Noise (2021) Review: How Variability in Judgment Costs Us All

Noise Review: How Variability in Judgment Costs Us All

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment is a 2021 nonfiction masterpiece co-authored by the legendary psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate … Read more

Troy (2004): A Riveting Epic That Redefined Historical Dramas

Troy (2004): A Riveting Epic That Redefined Historical Dramas

Troy (2004), a sweeping cinematic epic, brings to life the timeless tale of passion and war set against the backdrop … Read more

Beyond Good and Evil (1886) Book Review: Key Themes and Insights on One of The Greatest Works of Philosophy

Beyond Good and Evil (1886) Book Review

Beyond Good and Evil is a seminal work by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886 under the … Read more

The Diary of a Young Girl (1947) by Anne Frank: A Testament to Human Resilience and Hope

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank: A Testament to Human Resilience and Hope

The Diary of a Young Girl is a diary spans from June 14, 1942, to August 1, 1944, written by … Read more

A Room with a View: When a Kiss (and a Murder) Change Everything

A Room with a View: When a Kiss (and a Murder) Change Everything

Have you ever felt that the life you’re supposed to live and the person you really are exist in two … Read more

Eichmann in Jerusalem Explained (1963): Background, Themes, and Controversies and the Banality of Evil

Eichmann in Jerusalem Explained (1963): Background, Themes, and Controversies and the Banality of Evil

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil is a riveting exploration penned by the renowned political theorist … Read more

The Origins of Political Order: A Dangerous Book with a Powerful Message

The Origins of Political Order: A Dangerous Book with a Powerful Message

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (2011) is the first volume in a sweeping … Read more

Gender Attractiveness Gap 2025: Why Female Faces Are Rated More Attractive Across the Globe

Gender Attractiveness Gap: Why Female Faces Are Rated More Attractive Across the Globe

In a groundbreaking 2025 meta-analysis involving over 12,000 participants from more than 50 countries, researchers have confirmed a striking and … Read more

Did J.P. Morgan’s Librarian Hide A Secret? The Personal Librarian

The Personal Librarian review

Did you ever wonder what it would cost to build one of the world’s most famous libraries if the price … Read more

Wicked: For Good (2025) Movie & Trailer Breakdown: Magic, Music & More in Oz

Wicked: For Good Movie & Trailer Breakdown: Magic, Music & More in Oz

Wicked: For Good is a 2025 fantasy musical film that continues the epic saga of Elphaba and Glinda, diving deeper … Read more

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler (1973) by Robert Payne and The Root Causes of The Holocaust

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by Robert Payne and The Root Causes of The Holocaust

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by accomplished historian, biographer, and novelist, Robert Payne is a biographical work first … Read more

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