Issue 14

Jan 9, 2018
6 min

Praying For Rain | Bruhad Dave

Written with Wonderful Wonderful by the Killers playing on repeat in the background. Evaluation, they say, is essential to improvement....

Jan 5, 2018
1 min

Looking Back at 2017: Best Pictures

Catharsis compiled the best pictures of 2017 that were submitted to us. Follow Parina Patel on Instagram. Follow Nainisha Dedhia on...

Jan 2, 2018
6 min

Time: In Memoriam | Bruhad Dave

One of the most common fears that we harbour, as a generally (but justifiably) paranoid and terrified species, is the fear of death. The...

Jan 1, 2018
1 min

I Hate New Year’s Day | Antonio Gramsci

This week’s timely Sunday Reading list addition comes from the Italian Marxist, Philosopher and Politician Antonio Gramsci. Titled ‘I...

Dec 27, 2017
1 min

Apple Cores | Megha Saha

Megha Saha At five o’clock my right elbow grazes the wall And I tell myself, do not make this about the wall How many layers of skin...

Dec 24, 2017
2 min

Intellectual Vocation & Political Struggle in the Trump Moment | Cornel West

This week’s addition to the reading list comes in the words of Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard...

Dec 24, 2017
4 min

How I Read Harry Potter | Bruhad Dave

Bruhad Dave Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much....

Dec 24, 2017
5 min

Review: Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time | Bruhad Dave

Bruhad Dave I do not much like spiders. I don’t know why. When I was younger I used to be fascinated by them because, of course,...

Dec 24, 2017
7 min

The Korean Peninsula’s Deteriorating Regional Security Environment | Tejas Rao

Tejas Rao The Democratic People’s of Korea (DPRK) has recently become the most serious security challenge facing the new presidential...

Dec 19, 2017
4 min

Formality is Boring & Overrated | Bruhad Dave

Bruhad Dave I have often felt that I, unlike some people I know, am not so invested in any pursuit or subject, that I can safely call...

Dec 18, 2017
4 min

Bring Down The Racists (Part II) | Swagat Baruah

Swagat Baruah This is the second and the part of the series on the debate on bringing down statues of human rights violators. Click here...

Dec 18, 2017
2 min

What Is Education | An Anthology

This week’s addition to the Sunday Reading list is an anthology titled ‘What is Education?’. Written by a group of students from Denmark...

Dec 15, 2017
1 min

Film of the Week | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009)

A combination of David Lynch and Werner Herzog is like asking for 100 micro-grams of LSD on your death bed (something which Aldous Huxley...

Dec 15, 2017
9 min

Limelight | William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple is a Scottish historian, writer, art historian and curator, as well as a prominent broadcaster and critic. He’s best...

Dec 13, 2017
1 min

Music of the Week | Prateek Kuhad

After very long in the Indian music scene, someone has been able to bring in a great mix of music and writing. We bring to you Prateek...

Dec 13, 2017
7 min

Net Neutrality in Indonesia | Tejas Rao

Tejas Rao The right to freedom of expression in Indonesia is contained in the Article 28 of the Constitution. The Article states “Freedom...

Dec 13, 2017
3 min

Bring Down The Racists (Part I) | Swagat Baruah

Swagat Baruah This is the first part of the series on the debate on bringing down statues of human rights violators. On August 12, 2017,...

Dec 11, 2017
2 min

Toxic Lozenges | Jenny Diski

Any curious kid growing up must have read Agatha Christie at least a dozen times before concluding that murder is really very exciting....

Dec 8, 2017
1 min

Film of the Week | The Perfect Human (1967)

Jorgen Leth maybe remembered in America most memorably for his ‘Andy Warhol Eating a Burger’ scene in 66 Scenes of America (1982) but it...

Dec 6, 2017
1 min

Music of the Week | Cliff Richard

Cold and mystical. This week’s music comes from the evergreen bachelor boy Cliff Richard. His 1976 single hit Devil Woman, a story about...