Essays

A Retrospective: The Curious Case of Qala

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

Between Nowhere and Manywhere

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...

‘THE CAR’ by the Arctic Monkeys

To entertain, in some way, is to surprise, to question, to tease, and even to ruffle. The Car, the 7th LP by the British...

The Miniaturist of Junagadh–Deafening Silences and Blank Canvases

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

The First Supper

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

How ‘Killing Eve’ Buried Itself Along With Its Gays

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....

Season 6: A Pesky Peaky Compromise?

Disclaimer: Contains major spoilers for Season 6 of Peaky Blinders “It means you f*** people. F*** people over. Don’t give a f***. It means you covet...

The Tunes and Fortunes of Celebrity Musicians

In the wake of Kendrick Lamar announcing his fifth studio album, ‘Mr Morale and the Big Steppers’, I found myself intrigued by the methods...

An Existential Guide to Risks and Relationships

Growing up, I would go into construction sites and pretend they were haunted or contained forbidden, secret chambers. Once, an unenthused, older boy announced...

How Dracula Became the Freshest Internet Phenomenon

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