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Connecting youth through social media about the Bengali folktales

"When I was a little girl, my father used to buy me books. Panchatantra, Thakumar Jhuli, Bikram and Betal, and Jasimuddin's editorial Folklore collections are few I can remember. Both my grandparents were no more, and my primary source of folktale knowledge came from reading books. But now I see...

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How parents cope with loneliness and find new purpose

"I never thought the house could feel this empty," said Mrs Ashura Begum, a 50-year-old mother from Kushtia. After her two daughters moved to different cities for higher studies, she struggled with a sense of emptiness. "My daughters were the centre of my life, and I believed raising them was...

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