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FREEDOM?

Songs from Shahbag

By Sabhanaz Rashid Diya

February this year is slowly evolving to something more meaningful than red, bright orange and black. Valentine’s Day, Pahela Falgun and International Mother Language Day will never lose their significance – but from now on, February will also mean the…

GAME REVIEW

Eador Genesis

By Rumman R Kalam

If  you’re looking for an action-packed modern RTS or RPG, turn around and read something else because Eador: Genesis is a type of game that mostly attracts the nostalgic old timey gamers of the Disciples and Heroes of Might and…

Sports

The ‘New’ Golden Generation

By The Kopite

Whisper it quietly, but the streets of Brussels are alive with the excitement and promise of a rising force in the country, one that might finally put to rest the demons that have haunted the country and its legions of…

APP REVIEW

4 PICS 1 WORD

As far as being addictive goes, is there a smartphone app that is not? Well, maybe there are nonaddicting ones; but this one is not one of them. ’4 pics 1 word’ brings on your screen, four different pictures on…

A History of Farce

By Ibrahim

History is a funny old subject. Quite clearly the ugliest of the siblings when it comes to studies, drawing more than just a cursory grimace at its mention. It’s boring and who cares about the past anyway? Carpe diem, baby.…

COMIC BOOK REVIEW

Saga

Written by: Brian K. Vaughan Art by: Fiona Staples     Reviewed by: Munawar Mobin Just when it seemed Brian K. Vaughan had hit the showers for a little sobering up from all the greatness he has contributed to the comic book…

Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher

Nothing ruins a story more than knowing the ending. That’s the charm of it all. But Thirteen Reasons Why is different, because the story begins where it ends. Hannah Baker was an ordinary girl with ordinary problems. She could be…

PICTORIAL THIS WEEK

25th March Street Art Organised by UODA Fine Arts at Manik Mia Avenue Mazecon 2 Anime Convention 26th March. Watch out for the story next week!  

In a fight where nobody ‘ wins’, who will lose?

By Mohaimin and Tahmid

My colleague Mohaimin and I were talking and he starts mentioning how he does not conform to recent trends, and would rather listen to old music, watch old TV shows and hang around old farts all day. Now as apathetic…

Dictators a day, keeps the freedom away

By Fatimah Akhtar

If there is anything that we’ve learnt from the likes of Adolf Hitler, Czar Nicholas II and Benito Mussolini is that being a dictator will either drive you into killing yourself or others into killing you. There really is no…

K-A-L-A-S-H-N-I-K-O-V

“K-A-L-A-S-H-N-I-K-O-V- such was the word one of my classmates had gotten, just when I heard that word, my heart skipped a beat! Although I knew the word, but if I had gotten a difficult Latin word, I would have been…

TehGoatLord's Adventures

Failing To Crash a Divorce Party

By Rumman R Kalam

We’ve all seen dysfunctional couples; what I have seen reaches out to such a level of dysfunctional mess that it enters the bewildering realm of clockwork functionality. Meet Aslam Ahmed and his wife Aklima. They started as business partners after…

COMMENTS & COMEBACKS

RS was filled with condolences and sad comments about how much people loved RS and how we’re not going away just yet. Actually no, nothing about that, since everyone expected us to go away. April’s Fools, guys. Head to the…

Oh, Independence

By Ahmad Ibrahim

Can you not see me now? In the hunkered orphanages dripping with the first tear drops Of misery found in tins of cheap puffed rice. In the take-out menus faded at the edges by pudgy hands, Smoking off their fingerprints…

Experiencing A New Electronic Scene in Town:

Soundcity’13 Berlin ClubNacht

By Rumman R Kalam

Thinking about the generic  rock shows and trying to break the vicious cycle of clapping after 10 Coldplay covers in a row followed by apologies, I walked into Goethe Institute which hosted LiveSquare’s Electronic music event: SoundCity’13: Berlin ClubNacht. Opening…

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Sharier

Music, Magic and Talent

To satisfy the masses looking for something extra in everything, 7TEEN Events, in association with Element 79, proudly presents the musical event of the year- “MUSICon- Keeping the Beats Alive”. This 18+ event focuses, for once, on the audience with…

Going mammoth

By Quazi Afnan Ahmed

I grew up watching spelling bee on television channels. I never thought that one day I will get a chance to participate in it. Spelling Bee is not just only a competition; it’s a way of revolutionizing English to children.…

PLANET RS

Changes are good, and good changes are even better especially if they happen. For RS, some big changes are coming. Some may call them good, others may call them sacrilegious. Cause what we’re planning is a bigger, better, louder RS.…

The End After receiving a record number of entries for BetaWriters, we were spoilt for choice when it came to selecting the piece to run. We went for the piece that captured the theme perfectly, and took the hint in the title very well, going so far as to use lines from the song itself to add to the story. For next week, the topic is “Paper cut”. 500 words, send it to ds.risingstars@gmail.com. You know the drill.

The Curtain Call

By Rayaan I. Chowdhury

He looked intently into the mirror, carefully examining what he saw. He was still the same, apparently. Not much had changed. The same rugged construction featuring the same bewildered look. He tried to convince himself. But who was going to…