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Zara Larsson Didn’t Steal My Nani’s Jewelry Box

Srijoni Nandi -
Somewhere in the internet's collective imagination lives a place called the Khia Asylum—a metaphorical purgatory named after the rapper only known for one song,...
Culture Couch

Love Through the Looking Glass: Taylor Swift and Referencing the Self

Yamini Krishnan -
“Lookin’ backwards/ might be the only way to move forward”—Taylor Swift, “The Manuscript”. “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards”—Lewis Carroll, “Through...
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The Egg Timer

Emma Holmes -
In the collaborative game of Hanabi, players work together to create vibrant fireworks in 5 different colours, caught between moments of joy and panic...
Culture Couch

For the Spirit of Sport: Cricket’s Culture War

Kartikay Dutta -
A few months ago, a new quote began to make the rounds on basketball Twitter. It picked up from Latin American Marxist revolutionary Che...
Culture Couch

Greta Gerwig and Necessary Femininity

Pritha Deshpande -
Despite only having three movies under her belt as a solo director, Greta Gerwig has already made a name for herself as one of...
Culture Couch

How ‘Killing Eve’ Buried Itself Along With Its Gays

Pritha Deshpande -
Disclaimer: Contains major spoilers for Season 4 of Killing Eve Killing Eve has, not to put too fine a point on it, a killer repertoire....
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The Tunes and Fortunes of Celebrity Musicians

Swastik Mandal -
In the wake of Kendrick Lamar announcing his fifth studio album, ‘Mr Morale and the Big Steppers’, I found myself intrigued by the methods...
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How Dracula Became the Freshest Internet Phenomenon

Pritha Deshpande -
If I were to tell you that in May of 2022 the #1 trending topic on social media for two weeks straight has been...
Essays

Kalkattewali: The Goddess and Her City

Souraja Chakraborty -
A temple in the northern part of Kolkata, the Thanthania Kalibari has a marble slab, on which “Shankar’er hridoy majhe, Kali biraje,” (Kali reigns...
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Queen Victoria, ‘Consumption’ and Goth Culture

Harshit Verma -
The first thing that many will visualise upon the mention of ‘Goth’ is the mohawk, black lace, powdered faces, spikes and metal on ‘uncivilised’...
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