Human Loneliness, the Predatory Nature of Surveillance Capitalism, and the Prophetic Powers of Art
I had just returned from a trip to Cubbon Park with a close friend of over ten years. We were meeting for the first time after the third...
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- Nov 22, 2021
- 6 min
The Question of Literature and Adivasi Expression
What is the use of reading Literature? As an English literature researcher, I have been asked this question more than once. And believe...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 11 min
The Art of an Ever-Present Nostalgia
Why are we so drawn to death? At the core of our grief, do we really have a yearning for sorrow? Being a person guided by spiritual...
- Jul 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Burning Issue
During the beginning of the pandemic last year, there was a lot of uncertainty in the air from both the public and the government. But...
- Jun 16, 2021
- 8 min
The Nimbus Clouds of Grief - Who Are Drenched and How to Cope with it?
“How did we even get here?” I heard this question come out like a bullet wrapped in frustration, sorrow, and fear; shot aimlessly into...
- Jun 13, 2021
- 5 min
Poetry of the People’s Poet: The Art and Importance of Reading Lal Singh Dil in Contemporary Times
Poetry has been and continues to be a significant part of the culture of resistance as well as an empowering instrument in the hands of...
- May 17, 2021
- 5 min
The Reign of What Remains: The Evolution of Love and Life in Delhi’s Ruins
*Imagine the following narrative as a replica of an exploratory walk. Allow the sounds and silences of the surroundings to embrace you,...
- Apr 7, 2021
- 5 min
Nature and Nation State
Political powers, empires, kingdoms, nation-states, and other governance systems have repeatedly sought legitimacy through their...
- Apr 4, 2021
- 7 min
“I Can’t Write a Nature Poem”: Beyond Nature and Tommy Pico’s Climate Arts
As the world wraps its head around the dangers of Climate Change, most of us, scratch that—some of us are anxiously learning and actively...
- Mar 18, 2021
- 8 min
Climate Change and Scepticism
"The Ice Age Cometh", a short story by Indian astrophysicist Jayanth V. Narlikar opens with a bizarre scene — snowfall in Mumbai. The...
- Feb 25, 2021
- 6 min
Recontextualizing Ismat Chughtai: Feminist Debates and Negotiating Identity
Having carved a distinctively progressive authorial identity within the corpus of Urdu literature in the 20th century, the study of Ismat...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 6 min
Modernity and Alienation
W.H. Auden wrote The Unknown Citizen in the year 1939, at the peak and in the epi-centre of modernist writing, just after he had recently...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 7 min
Dreaming of Freedom in a Totalitarian Rule
This year I came across a very interesting book—interesting because I found it relatable even though it was released in Germany in 1966....
- Dec 14, 2020
- 9 min
Disgust
It was the morning of 30th September; I was sitting in my favourite chair, facing the blue and orange hues of the sky, sipping my ginger...
- Oct 21, 2020
- 5 min
A Tradition of Loss
One of the earliest playwrights to have written an absurdist drama outside of pre/post-war Europe happens to be mostly unknown to...
- Oct 11, 2020
- 5 min
Language – A Necessary Evil
Reading Time: 5min Imagine a world devoid of the vernacular: Without language, would it be possible to lend meaning to ideas that exist...
- Sep 7, 2020
- 10 min
The Rise Of Satire News
On 24th September 2010, in a publicised congressional hearing, Stephen Colbert, a comedian, gave his testimony to a judiciary...
- Sep 4, 2020
- 10 min
The Vast Potential of Graphic Narratives in Shaping Conversations Surrounding Socio-Political Issues
Reading Time: 10min I sat in silence, stunned, and slowly shut the book. I held it to my chest for a moment before immediately flipping...
- Aug 19, 2020
- 6 min
Of Archived Newspaper Clippings and Unclosed Tabs
Reading Time: 6min Sifting through old albums and papers at my grandfather’s house one day, I came across a yellowing newspaper carefully...
- Jul 3, 2020
- 6 min
I think we are stuck in a cave
French philosopher Alain Badiou in his essay ‘On Cinema as a Democratic Emblem’ comments upon the paradoxical nature of films, which with...