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Armchair Arbiters

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...
Pages from a Diary

Hand-holding in the Streets

Sara Batool -
‘To hold each other’s hands is to have balance. Yet it also means having their weight with you, should there be a sudden fall.” - D....
Reflections

Retribution or Rehabilitation: Death Penalty as Final Justice

Akriti Kanodia -
There was a time in history when people were hunted down and burnt to death for being witches, without any evidence.  Although the lack of...
Essays

Shakespeare, Gender and Renaissance Comedies

Pritha Deshpande -
In Shakespeare and several Renaissance plays, chiefly comedies, a particular aspect that can be singled out for its frequency and its repetition is the...
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...
Armchair Arbiters

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...
Essays

Between Nowhere and Manywhere

Tamara Falcone -
I am mixed. Multi-ethnic. Biracial, if you will, although this word is an uncomfortable one for me. While the word “biracial” suggests division, the...
Armchair Arbiters

‘THE CAR’ by the Arctic Monkeys

Yuvraj Nathani -
To entertain, in some way, is to surprise, to question, to tease, and even to ruffle. The Car, Arctic Monkeys’ seventh LP, does all...
Armchair Arbiters

The Miniaturist of Junagadh–Deafening Silences and Blank Canvases

Saumya Singh -
Kaushal Oza’s short film is a gently crafted meditation on grief, memory, identity and art
Essays

The First Supper

Sneha Roychoudhury -
In the first year of undergraduate school, unable to conjure the words for “homesick” and “lonely” in an unfamiliar city, I wrote ever so...
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