Mapping the Evolution of Masculinity
The concept of the ideal man has shaped our discourse around masculinity. Like, the virtues of selflessness, beauty, sacrifice, virginity...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
DEP
It was one rainy afternoon that Lokesh first met the creature. It was a tiny blob, protruding out of Lokesh’s right shoulder, wrapped in...
- Jun 12, 2020
- 7 min
MA!
It was that time of the year again when the sun shone itself for more hours than required. I didn’t like this time of the year – it made...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Their lives are significant too…
The land is strange, And the circumstances foreign. All they want, is to breathe, The flavours of their motherland. The world is locked...
- May 5, 2020
- 7 min
Epidemics and Literature – How literature can help us make sense of these uncertain times.
As I write this, 42 days into a nation-wide lockdown in India, I realise that almost anything I say about the absurdity of the pandemic...
- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
Belonging to the Loved Ones
Why make a sound or noiseor do anything to the page?Unison playing from polyphony,music evolves toward simplicity.Gould’s assertion that...
- Nov 10, 2019
- 6 min
Brothers in Arms
“Babri now lay in rubbles. They are saying they have demolished the mosque.” “Really?! What do we do now Pranjit?” “Don’t worry Seema. We...
- Jun 12, 2019
- 5 min
The Ever Relevant George Orwell
Last week marked 70 years of the release of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984. Written during the beginning of the Cold War,...
- Jun 11, 2019
- 8 min
Flights Review: Winner of 2018 Man Booker Prize
A quick Google search for the meaning of the word ‘Contuition’ proves utterly unfruitful. I see a handful of search results from random...
- May 30, 2019
- 3 min
How To Write an SOP like Donald Trump
Here is how, in my imagination, Trump would pen his Statement of Purpose for admission into a business school. What is advisable is that...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 8 min
The Invisible Apologist
1. Can you be a LGBTQ+ person and a Muslim? Yes 2. Can you wear the Hijab and pray 5 times a day like other practicing Muslims? Yes 3....
- Jul 14, 2018
- 11 min
The Two Cultures Revisited: On Steven Pinker’s ‘Enlightenment Now’ | Jared Marcel Pollen
Does the Enlightenment require a defense? Aren’t its truths demonstrative and self-evident? In 2018, that a book like Steven...
- Mar 25, 2018
- 1 min
Plumage | Tanmay Raj Anand
I saw an origami lying white as bright as the plumage of a swan like three striking feathery knives, pecking at poor fishes’ lives. It...
- Feb 25, 2018
- 5 min
Shakespearean women: Were they truly independent? | Ananya Bharadwaj
William Shakespeare is often regarded as one of the greatest pioneers to have contributed to English literature. Rightfully called ‘The...
- Feb 6, 2018
- 11 min
What It Means To Be A Hero: American Superhero Comics v. Japanese Shonen Manga | Rajsi Rajora
The human mind is conditioned to ubiquitously perceive the concept of happiness as something meticulously interlinked with the constructs...
- Feb 2, 2018
- 8 min
For Joy and Company | Bruhad Dave
The alarm rang at five in the morning. I woke up with the first blare and sat up amidst the rumpled bedcovers. The klaxon wailed four...
- Jan 24, 2018
- 6 min
It Doesn’t Work Like That | Bruhad Dave
It was a very fine day at Ravi & Son. The shop had got a very large order for a variety of packed provisions that day, for the tourists...
- 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
- 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,...
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