Author: Article 19
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Conversations With Strangers
Read more: Conversations With Strangers— Gowri Raj Varma My family doesn’t travel much. They’re more of the “stay at home during the weekend lazing on the couch while watching a movie together on Netflix ” kind of people. The prospect of planning an entire trip for five people with vastly different schedules and interests has always resulted in petty…
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All The World’s A Reality Show
Read more: All The World’s A Reality Show— Devika Deevasan If you’re offered 1 million dollars to spend five months in a house with six strangers having your every action documented for the world to see, would you do it? Let’s take a look into the larger, invisible ramifications of agreeing to this hypothetical offer. The first-ever ‘soap opera’ reality show, The…
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72 Hours
Read more: 72 Hours— Nischitha G Dhruv was standing right there for an hour. It was late at night around 9o’clock. It had been raining since noon that day. Roads were clogged with water and the stationary vehicles in the traffic were making his wait for the bus increasingly difficult. Any slight movement in the vehicles was causing…
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An Ode to Expired Friendships
Read more: An Ode to Expired Friendships— Devika Dinesh I’d read somewhere a long time ago that one’s twenties is characterized by the turbulent nature of one’s friendships. Essentially the notion that, ‘people come and go’. And yet, losing a friendship that had spanned half a decade felt like a cruel plot twist that I couldn’t have predicted. All of a sudden…
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The need to escape
Read more: The need to escape— Khushi M P I wake up, I check my phone. I have a break between classes, most of the time, I’m checking my phone. When I eat, my phone is often in front of me. I postpone sleeping by checking my phone. When I have free time, I barely have anything to do that…
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Love?
Read more: Love?— Garima Sane Pray, do not stand on ceremonies, my loveGranted, you love differently; But thatDoes not mean that you do not love me, does it? Sure, your lips take grotesque turns sometimesAnd your limbs, a life of their ownBut, my love, it is only because we transcend the ordinary, right? Yes, your eyes do…
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Alumni Speak #17 | Rahul Nath
Read more: Alumni Speak #17 | Rahul Nath— Neeraj BR Rahul Nath is an alumnus of HS13. After his graduation, he worked with Little Black Books in Goa before joining Condé Nast in Mumbai as a Junior Photography Editor. Currently, he’s part of the Global Photo Team of Condé Nast Travel Magazine. His work has also been featured in National Geographic. How…
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Statement regarding incidents concerning Prof Vipin P Veetil and redressal mechanisms for caste-based discrimination
Read more: Statement regarding incidents concerning Prof Vipin P Veetil and redressal mechanisms for caste-based discriminationThe following is a statement by the Student body of the Department of Humanities and Social Science. The following statement was democratically passed with the required quorum. This statement is being released by the MA students of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences regarding the recent incidents that have happened concerning Prof Vipin P…
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HSSpeak #10 | Hamartia
Read more: HSSpeak #10 | Hamartia— Sharanya Kannan What do the stories of Achilles, Gatsby, Macbeth, Oedipus and Othello all have in common? Well, apart from the fact that they’re all tragedies, of course. The answer: all of them use a plot device called hamartia. What’s hamartia, then? Well, apart from being a word thrown around by ES-types, hamartia can…
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2021 Sri Lankan Economic Emergency— a Product of Macroeconomic Mismanagement
Read more: 2021 Sri Lankan Economic Emergency— a Product of Macroeconomic Mismanagement— Neeraj BR Imagine going to your ration shop every month. Whom do you see? The store owner handles the supplies, and a small group of people line up to get them. What if the next time you go there, it is not the store owner but a military officer handling the supplies, and the…
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