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The 2025 DIY World Conflict Starter Kit

They said it couldn’t happen again. They said humanity had matured—grown out of its adolescence of nation-states, flags, and blood-flecked rhetoric. They said the world was too interconnected, too enlightened,...

The Beckoning Reeds

On a dismal autumn afternoon, Eleanor Lytton made her way along a narrow boardwalk through the reeds and cattails of a desolate marsh. Leaves...

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

“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...

Peter Cat R.C.: The Art of Indie Reinvention

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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More Misses than Hits: “The Chair” on Cancel Culture

“The show attacks a bunch of little-over-teenage youths who really are the least of cancel culture’s problems, but are the most fashionable to attack.”

The King’s Indian

From Chaturanga to Modern Chess

A Taste Of Mumbai

8 dishes that have become staples in the coastal capital of Maharashtra, India

The Intricacies of Modern Art

A conversation between two lovers is more "art" than some of these pieces could ever be.

Enduring Enigmas: Maharani Gayatri Devi

"In one lifetime, Gayatri Devi lived many, often contrasting, lives."

Notes from Post-Colonial India

Satyajit Ray: life, influences, writings

Live-streaming Lord Ganesha: Of Festivals and Pandemics

Devotees around India adapt to usher in their beloved deity during virus-ridden times.

We Are One: Film Festivals and Pandemics

The transformation of film festivals in the shadow of a pandemic

The Fate of Western Classical Music

From pandemic-borne havoc to systemic problems the industry must overcome
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