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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?

I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi: Is It Worth Reading?

I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi is One of the Top 10 Best Books on Building Wealth and Getting Rich

Most money books lecture you about lattes. Ramit Sethi’s I Will Teach You to Be Rich tells you to stop … Read more

The Handmaid’s Tale 1990 Film Flopped, but Its Ending Still Matters

Handmaid's Tale 1990 Film

The Handmaid’s Tale is a 1990 dystopian film, based on the 1985 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, the movie features Natasha Richardson as the lead character

Waste Land Review, Kaplan Misread Trump but Saw the Iran War Coming

Waste Land Review, Kaplan Misread Trump but Saw the Iran War Coming

Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis by Robert D. Kaplan is a short, dark, 224-page argument that the whole … Read more

The Laws of Human Nature: Robert Greene on Why People Act as They Do

The Laws of Human Nature (2018) by Robert Greene and The Shocking Secrets of Human Behavior on How to Manipulate Power or Be Manipulated

The Laws of Human Nature is Robert Greene’s 18-chapter field guide to why people, including you, act against their own … Read more

The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood: A Deep Analysis on One of the Banned Books

The Handmaid’s Tale 1985 by Margaret Atwood

Offred climbs into a black van at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, and Margaret Atwood refuses to say whether … Read more

Think and Grow Rich (1937) by Napoleon Hill: A Transformative Classic on Wealth and the Power of Thought

Think and Grow Rich (1937) by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich, written by Napoleon Hill and first published in 1937, is not just another self-help book—it is … Read more

10 Books on Building Wealth That Actually Help

Books on Building Wealth

The best books on building wealth are The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel for the mindset and The Little … Read more

Rich Dad Poor Dad: The Money Lessons and Their Limits

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Few personal finance books have been bought, quoted and argued about as much as Rich Dad Poor Dad. Robert Kiyosaki … Read more

15 Arabic Films Worth Watching, From Egypt to Lebanon

15 Highest-Rated Arabic Films

Western audiences often meet the Arab world on screen only as a backdrop for someone else’s war story, a habit … Read more

Sex and the Citadel Review: The Shocking Truth About Intimacy in the Arab World

Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World

The intimate life in a changing Arab world is a subject of immense complexity, often shrouded in a veil of … Read more

What Makes People We Meet on Vacation So Addictive—and What Doesn’t: 7 Life-Changing Lessons

People We Meet on Vacation book review 2025

People We Meet on Vacation is a contemporary romance novel penned by Emily Henry, an author known for fusing emotional … Read more

Onyx Storm Review and Ending Explained, Plus What Violet Really Loses

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros: A Personal and Intellectual Exploration of the Fantasy Phenomenon

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros is the book where Violet Sorrengail stops hunting for a miracle and starts counting what … Read more

The Richest Man in Babylon Feels Dated, but Its Debt Plan Still Works

The Richest Man in Babylon (1926)

The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1920s money book dressed up as ancient storytelling, and its answer to getting … Read more

The Millionaire Next Door: 7 Habits of Quietly Rich People

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko And 7 Lessons

Picture a millionaire. You probably imagine a luxury car, a mansion and designer clothes. Thomas J. Stanley and William D. … Read more

Unlock Your Potential With Why We Do What We Do: Why The Book is a Game-Changer for Self-Motivation

Why We Do What We Do

Why do people lose their natural spark, curiosity, and energy as they grow older? Why does a child brim with … Read more

Memoir of a Snail (2024): A Sad, Funny and Tender Animation

Memoir of a Snail (2024)

There are animated films for children, and then there are films like Memoir of a Snail. Made by the Australian … Read more

Anora (2024): The Twist, the Ending and Why Critics Disagree

Anora 2024 and Its Shocking Plot Twist That Exposes the Ugly Reality Behind Love, Wealth, and Power: Why Critics Are Torn Between Masterpiece and Controversy

For its first half hour, Anora plays like a modern fairy tale: a young dancer meets a rich boy, he … Read more

Netflix’s Adolescence Overreaches in Places, Yet It Still Matters Now

Adolescence (2025)

Is Netflix’s Adolescence worth watching? Yes, though not for comfort. In this four-episode British drama a 13-year-old boy is arrested … Read more

How James Bond Shaped Fashion, Gadgets and Pop Culture

James Bond Films

Even people who have never watched a James Bond film can hum the theme, picture the tuxedo and quote the … Read more

Bleakly Beautiful — Kafka’s The Trial Captures Existential Despair

“The Trial by Franz Kafka review

The Trial (German: Der Process), written by Franz Kafka in 1914-1915, was published posthumously in 1925 against his stated wishes … Read more

Social Media and Mental Health and How Social Media Trends and Influencer Culture

Social Media and Mental Health and How Social Media Trends and Influencer Culture Badly Influence Perception, Behavior, and Society

Social media and mental health is one of the greatest concerns of the time when more than half of the … Read more

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