Shadow's Desk

I do not know what inspired Jonathan Levine to combine comedy with CANCER, out of all things, but it was aesthetically done. 50/50 explores the life of Adam(Joseph Gordon Levitt) who has a rare form of spinal cancer. The plot revolves around the way he deals with it with his friend Kyle(Seth Rogen) and his constant battle to choose between himself and the people he holds dear;it is based upon a true story. The Pros: The best thing about the movie is the cast. Gordon-Levitt is a hugely talented actor and he provides his best stuff in 50/50. His portrayal of the humble,gentle and affable Adam is done with astute perfection and I cannot name any other cast who could have done a better job. He gives the 'good guy' vibe like no one else with his angelic, innocent smile and halfway through the movie you will be thinking " Can a guy be so naive?" Seth Rogen is a born comedian, and this stage comedian turned actor lives up to his expectation. His expressions are timed ...

Just finished my high school and my last public exams. The feeling is.......quite weird actually. On one hand you  feel quite liberated and it seems that a huge chunk of rock named burden is lifted off your shoulders.But, on the other hand, the time where your career and life is shaped has come. The decisions you will be making at this point will mold your future. I read somewhere that people only make seven extremely important decisions in his/her life, and the first one is taken at this time period; the prospect is downright scary. A2 is the hardest thing that I have ever come across in my life. Its so hard that I don't even remember doing any other difficult thing! So I have decided to help out the future students who will be tormented by this psychotic killer. Here is my HOW TO PREPARE FOR A2 EXAMS: 1) Unlimited supply of caffeine. Neither fate nor determination will mold your future.But caffeine will. Make sure that you have an ample supply of caffeine in my...

‘Mediocre’- a word tainted dark by our society. They use the word in the worst of the senses, as if it is below POOR. A mediocre student is ignored by his parents and most of the school, shoved to a small corner, knowing he will not be missed by anyone, and that he will have no significant impact on the World. We idolize the exceptional and the extraordinary. We let them define what ‘success’ means, and what to do in life to be ‘successful’. There is no place for the runners up, let alone the mediocre; we have re written social constitution, where how much TV exposure you can muster, how much wealth you can culminate, or how many majors you can complete within the shortest period of time determines if you are successful and happy in your life. But a speech made by a certain Anthony Corvino of Binghamton University made me think otherwise, and led me to write this piece; he is the true aspiration behind this work. ‘Average is the new Exceptional’- he started, and it gave me a whole...

I wanted to write about politics for a long time, because you see; my writing instincts, I believe, is inherited from my father, who in turn inherited it from my granddad. My father is a journalist turned into a political analyst, and my grandfather was the first journalist in our district (Narshingdi). I come from a family which is deeply involved in Bangladesh politics, and therefore, I descry it almost every day. And because of this, I have come to ascertain the fact that Bangladesh politics is pathetic. It is ludicrous and devious from the prime objectives of politics itself. It is based upon deceit, connivance, and manipulation. Well, politics all over the world is based upon these, undoubtedly, but what makes BD politics so special is that how the politicians go about doing these stuffs. The way they weave their veil of lies is farcical! And the sad thing is, our citizen are so uber stupid and imbecile that they will gobble down any half-wit lie they are served on a golden pla...

Before, when you were stuck at traffic jams, which are painfully plenty in Dhaka, you were always greeted by beggars, popcorn sellers, and magazine or books sellers.But now a days, the scenario is a tad bit different. Now, you will see hordes of teenagers dressed in ultra bright t shirt, which will make any fashion designer's face cringe, dispersed through out the intersections, with dead and wrinkled roses in hands, asking for donations for various noble causes. When the social work mania(yes, people,in fact, are maniacs about it today) first started, it was a great step forward for all the irresponsible and socially unaware teenagers of Bangladesh, if I have to be more particular, the ENGLISH MEDIUM goers of Bangladesh.I, myself, jumped in the SOCIAL WORK bandwagon, and also thoroughly relished the extra ordinary experience, but got dislodged by the avalanche of life's demands. But what I see now disgusts me. The true essence of social work has been defiled by the same irresp...

TV shows are like heroin for the good people, they lure you in, and after your first fix, your body itches for more and more, until a permanent black patch appears under your eyes, the testament of your addiction. It would be operose to find people who did not hear the name of FRIENDS, DEXTER (overrated!), Prison Break and etc, who have either a television set, or a PC. Just like Pokemon and BeyBlade had occupied a significant portion of our childhood, TV SHOWS mug us of our priceless teenage time mercilessly. I, myself, am a victim of TV SHOW addiction, giving away countless hours of my studying time to its ever wide arms, and it never disappointed me. It feels good each and every time. So, I have decided to name the culprits who should be blamed for my failure to get proper grades. Here is the list of the Top 10 Awesomest! TV Show Characters: 10. Jake Harper ( Two and a half Men) Let me be clear, I liked him up to the 4th season, when he still had his baby-fat and that cute little sm...

The junction in front of Banani supermarket, where two opposite roads join in with the main road, is a typical example of Bangladesh road system: always clogged, horns blasting away haphazardly, traffic police waving their hands animatedly, and shouting obscenities which would make a slum dweller blush. To reduce this khati Bangladeshi congestion, a new rule was established: no rickshaws will be allowed to cross the main road to go the opposite road. When it was first introduced,I thought, just like any NORMAL Bangladeshi, that it will be discarded after a couple of weeks.That, the traffic police would eventually live upto their name and return to their everlasting damn-care mood. But surprisingly, this new regulation is still being followed rigorously, the traffic police even puncturing any rickshaw trying to take advantage of the police's afternoon tong-adda. No amount of protest and excuse from the passenger worked on these newly adapted, anti-rickshaw police. I tried to...