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The Architecture of Absence

Narjisse Moumna -
  “Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.”  —Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation.  “The way paranoia has of understanding anything is by imitating and embodying it....
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Found in Translation: On ‘Heart Lamp’ and Women We Meet Through Other Tongues

Surmayi Khatana -
Heart Lamp takes you by the hand and plunges you into the tangled chaos of the everyday lives of Muslim women in Karnataka. Where...
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The Final Cut of Thomas Shelby

Yuvraj Nathani -
Disclaimer: Contains major spoilers for Season 6 of Peaky Blinders "It means you f*** people over. Don't give a f***. Covet and steal and burn all...
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Gossip Is Serious Business, says Kelsey McKinney

Yamini Krishnan -
In Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “To a philosopher, all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it...
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Peter Cat R.C.: The Art of Indie Reinvention

Yuvraj Nathani -
Life at the end of 2024 is a strange mix of relying on AI to run your intellectual chores while wondering whether it’ll replace...
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From Pages to Pixels: The Literary Alchemy of ‘One Day’

Ananya NA -
To retell is to reminisce, to reimagine, and even readapt to a world that evolves with the gust of change. The stories that are...
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Revisiting ‘Frances Ha’ –The Actual Gerwig-Baumbach Feminist Masterpiece?

Zara Flavia Dmello -
Amid the grand acclaim last year for the Barbie movie as a landmark in feminist cinema, it’s worth revisiting another feminist screenplay that celebrated...
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Perfect Days: The Contentment of Solitude

Niladri Sen -
Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days" stands in stark contrast to the contemporary world, obsessed with frivolous ambition and the relentless pursuit of "being better." Self-help...
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Reckoning with Dutch Imperialism and Racism: CAPE X UTRECHT Exhibition

Kushagra Kar -
Image: Farren van Wyk's collection of eight photographs titled, "Thirppy." The subtitled words face the pavement in front of Utrecht University of Arts’ (HKU) space...
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A Retrospective: The Curious Case of Qala

Kanishk Devgan -
Now that the dust has well and truly settled on 2022, and we wait poised for a summer of big Hindi film releases (although...
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