Author Archives

Hello There

Assalamualaikum (May PEACE be upon you)

This is Adnan Firoze from Bangladesh. I'm a senior at college and have completed my Computer Science and Engineering major and finishing my minor in English Linguistics this semester and hope to graduate this December.

Life has been kind to me in every possible way - from academics to family. I have a nice home, two doctors as both of my parents and an extraordinary sister.

And my interests lie in music (I play the drums), mathematics, diplomacy, diversity of cultures and anything related to "peace" (which ever way you perceive that is up to your interpretation).

Someday, I wish to work higher up at UNICEF or "Save The Children" cause I want to make a difference by contributing by playing a pioneering role in making a world without "hungry children." The dream is to find food and shelter for children and not to find any hungry children - not here in Bangladesh, not in Somalia, not ANYWHERE. I have started my first step by sponsoring a school student for her education in rural Bangladesh through the Serve-BD Society ( http://www.serve-bd.org ).

That should tell my story.

Regards

• (HuffPo Original) A Sweet Iftar Morsel From Dhaka

  By Adnan Firoze on July 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I would prefer that you read my article in the original Huffington Post page but please do stay around and browse through The Windbag. Ramadan is a month of abstinence for Muslims. People practice mercy, compassion and rigorous fasting. They do… Read More ›

• (HuffPo Original) Poor Man’s Sciences: The Survival of Dhaka

  By Adnan Firoze on July 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I would prefer that you read my article in the original Huffington Post page but please do stay around and browse through The Windbag.   To function in Dhaka, you need to be privy to certain scientific processes. Sounds absurd? Not… Read More ›

• [Slideshow] No Money, no Eid Shopping, no Customer – Eid 2015, Bangladesh

  By Adnan Firoze on July 3, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Photos: Adnan Firoze With the scarcity of expendable income this Ramadan (2015), the lower-middle-class consumers are at home. Consequently, the hawkers catering to the semi-marginalized class is frustrated. (Location: Mohakhali Bazar; City:Dhaka; Country: Bangladesh; Date July 2, 2015) I’m sure,… Read More ›

• (HuffPo Original) Faces Of The Bangladeshi Economy

  By Adnan Firoze on July 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Original Huffington Post Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/adnan-firoze/faces-of-the-bangladeshi-_b_7693354.html I would prefer that you read my article in the original Huffington Post page but please do stay around and browse through The Windbag. I live in New York for educational purposes; however unlike many who have… Read More ›

• Astoria Cove – Mayor de Blasio’s First Attempt to Affordable Housing Faces Concerns

  By Adnan Firoze on September 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ambitious affordable housing plan is put to its first test by the Astoria Cove housing project. The project is to receive its first progress report from the City Planning Commission tomorrow, September 29, at the wake… Read More ›

• City Council to Consider Community Notification of Gun Offender Registry

  By Adnan Firoze on August 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    New York Council Member Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) introduced a bill guaranteeing community access and notification requirement within the city’s gun offender registry on August 21, 2014. Council members Paul Vallone, Ritchie Torres and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr…. Read More ›

• The Ways @SlackHQ Greets You – Slacky Fortune #Cookies

  By Adnan Firoze on May 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  One day at 2AM I decided to go on Slack and Slack told me to go to bed. Ironically, I did.  Then it occurred to me, wait, what? So, here is a collection of things you should do that Slack… Read More ›

• Heavy Metal to be inducted into academia: Shakib Chowdhury of Cryptic Fate shares his views

  By Adnan Firoze on December 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Official Link (edited and shortened version): The Daily Star – Star Campus Photo Courtesy: Cryptic Fate and Shafayet Chowdhury The news that has taken the music enthusiasts by storm is the recent announcement of the academic undergraduate degree in Heavy… Read More ›

• The Slumdog Entrepreneur

  By Adnan Firoze on December 12, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  [Originally I wrote it for Dhaka Courier] The Journey from Mojammel to ‘Mojo Mama’ Let’s face it, people don’t turn into millionaires overnight as depicted in the Bollywood-esque Hollywood movies (and one of them even ended up winning the best… Read More ›

• Admission Woes – 2012: Medical Colleges in Bangladesh Prescribe Decapitation for Headache

  By Adnan Firoze on August 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Adnan Firoze Official link: http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/?p=7557 It is that time of the year again – the time when all hell will break loose in the war for undergraduate admissions in well reputed universities across the country. Tons have been written… Read More ›