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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....
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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...
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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...
Essays

Kalkattewali: The Goddess and Her City

Souraja Chakraborty -
A temple in the northern part of Kolkata, the Thanthania Kalibari has a marble slab, on which “Shankar’er hridoy majhe, Kali biraje,” (Kali reigns...
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Queen Victoria, ‘Consumption’ and Goth Culture

Harshit Verma -
The first thing that many will visualise upon the mention of ‘Goth’ is the mohawk, black lace, powdered faces, spikes and metal on ‘uncivilised’...
Essays

On Reboots, Reunions and Manufactured Nostalgia

Devika Goswami -
“As a show or movie completes its run, viewers get to imagine the ending they like best. Reboots risk sinking this imagined ending and the franchise with it.”
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More Misses than Hits: “The Chair” on Cancel Culture

Sneha Roychoudhury -
“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.”
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The King’s Indian

Gaurav Kamath -
From Chaturanga to Modern Chess
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A Taste Of Mumbai

Shreya Shah -
8 dishes that have become staples in the coastal capital of Maharashtra, India
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The Intricacies of Modern Art

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