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Essays

From glowing reviews to zany histories

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, the 7th LP by the British...
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...
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....
Armchair Arbiters

Season 6: A Pesky Peaky Compromise?

Yuvraj Nathani -
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...
Culture Couch

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...
Reflections

An Existential Guide to Risks and Relationships

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

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...
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