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Tahmima Anam

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Better Known
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Jun 7, 2026
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Summary

Tahmima Anam discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal trilogy and a recipient of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book and the O. Henry Award. Her short story ‘Garments’ was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. She is a Granta Best of Young British Novelist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she trained as an anthropologist at Harvard University and now lives in London. Her new novel is Uprising, which is a Political Fiction Book Prize Finalist for the Orwell Prize and is available at https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781837265817 . The Dirty Protest in Ireland https://theconversation.com/dirty-protests-why-irish-republican-prisoners-smeared-their-cells-with-faeces-to-make-a-political-statement-during-the-troubles-160306 Lysistrata https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/aug/03/lysistrata-review-ancient-theatre-of-epidaurus-aristophanes-national-theatre-greece South Korea's 4B movement https://afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/blogs/how-the-4b-feminist-rebellion-is-taking-on-patriarchy Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Sultana's Dream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana%27s_Dream Coffee Ice cream https://thechalkboardmag.com/sugar-free-coffee-ice-cream-for-energy-euphoria/ How to be less useful by Priyanka Mattoo https://primattoo.substack.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm