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Lubaba Mahjabin Prima  Cover Design: Mubasher Haider Chowdhury The case of Sara, the braveheart who fought against her family in order to end her forced child marriage, is inspiring to girls all over the country. Her family forced her to marry someone much older than her. But with the help of her friends and some activists, she was able to end that marriage. There is no doubt that this case has to be thoroughly investigated and the family should be brought under law. But one excuse given by her family sheds light on an otherwise ignored dynamic of child marriage. They said they were receiving multiple threats and hence were scared for her safety. While this might have been their way to escape legal proceedings, this case presents a critical puzzle, a scenario more common in rural areas. In a society where women are unsafe and feel scared to get out of their homes, are child and forced marriages the inevitable result?
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Shadman Saquib Rahman  Why do we struggle with procrastination, meeting deadlines or buying things that we don't need? Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, is a book written by Dan Ariely about the countless systematic behavioural quirks we all (including the author) have which subconsciously causes us to repeat the same mistakes. By describing the numerous insightful experiments he had conducted regarding human behaviour and decision-making and explaining its implications on our daily lives through fascinating anecdotes, the author hopes that we can learn from our systematic mistakes and be less ‘predictably irrational’.
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