LIFE AS IT IS

I have been living in America for more than five years now, and although I lived most of my time here in frigid Minnesota, no winter seemed longer and snowier than the current one. I almost went into a state of depression, and I began to reminisce about the mild winter back home, where trees do not stand bare head-to-toe and streets never hide under a foot-deep snow. There is one American state, however, that people say feels just like Bangladesh -- it's Florida. Located on the southeast of the U.S., Florida has earned a global reputation for its round-the-year good weather. Nicknamed the "Sunshine State," Florida's tropical weather attracts tourists in millions from home and abroad. When I first visited south Florida three years ago, I thought the plane landed in a second Bangladesh! The heat and humidity in the air reminded me of one and only one place, the country that raised me. My uncle picked us up from the airport. The entire time in the car I looked outs...

So many times in our lives we make ourselves do, say, eat and wear things against our wish.

Friends are like favorite denim - the older they get, the dearer they become.

আমার মেয়ে, আমার পৃথিবী।

One of the worst things about being an expatriate is you miss the weddings of your loved ones back home.

It hit me last night that I am not "growing up" but "growing old." Thinking about aging, it was difficult to digest the idea that my hair will turn white, my skin will develop wrinkles and my spine will bend and no longer help me walk upright.