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Armchair Arbiters

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...
Armchair Arbiters

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...
Armchair Arbiters

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...
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...
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...
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