Aestheticism for cool Dhaka kids 101: From Shahbag to Nilkhet

Name a place where you would get the taste of every experience, multiple character development arcs, love and fights, politics and pride. 

Well, where else other than the aesthetic capital of the capital city, TSC, and its surrounding area? Some people call it a University campus, but that is unimportant. A place that dropped right from the manual of 'Aestheticism for Cool Dhaka Kids 101,' this area spanning from Shahbag to Nilkhet has everything. 

Living in this particular area has some unmatched perks. The first on our list would be the occasional background melodies to your study and sleep. 

Uninterrupted music, slogans, and revolutionary speeches that make your blood hum in just the adequate volume to be enjoyed from any surrounding student dormitory and classroom, you don't have to go through the added toil of coming from your residence and being present in the program. You can enjoy the concerts from dormitories and even get one or two mundane tasks done simultaneously, like doing classes, studying for exams or something. Isn't that the most convenient thing? 

Buzzing with celebrations all year round, any festival is incomplete if people from all over the city don't crowd the campus. If your cultured self is impressed by this, wait till you hear about the perks it offers to photographers and sharee-philes. 

Just go a bit south, and you'll find some impressive architectural testimony from the British era: tall red-bricked buildings made to work as a backdrop for your photos in Sharee and Panjabi. This place is a heaven for photographers and photographed alike. 

Another delightful element that makes this place special is its unique cuisine, which is appraised by aesthetes and tolerated by the natives. Yes, you can have khichuri and begun bhaja at a high-end five-star restaurant, but that won't give you the vibe you would get from Charukola, nor cha, chop, samucha from someplace else would be as special.

Besides, if your taste differs from the ordinary and you crave something that would keep you coming back for more, the Udyan adjacent would be just the right place for you, with its wide pool of street foods (what else did you think we were talking about?

The residents of this area are equally dynamic, being at the centre of protests and controversies, each with their own goals and purposes. The most beautiful aspect of the university area is the innate romanticism it holds for people who have never studied here. 

Just ahead of the area, you would find Nilkhet, the alleged bibliophilic heaven romanticized by readers from all walks of life, or in simpler terms, the book market for broke people. 

Other than the bottomless pride of getting a 'Chance' in the Oxford of the East, growing up surrounded by memoirs of significant historical importance, the students here can also take immense pride in hailing from Dhaka's most popular tourist spot.

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