Author: Article 19
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Alumni Speak #15 | Rohitha Naraharisetty
Read more: Alumni Speak #15 | Rohitha NaraharisettyYour insti can be a quiet place which keeps you safe even as it is a lively place for someone else. You can know this place in your own way and allow it to settle around you like your own unique mould. And sometimes being an observer rather than a participant has its benefits, because…
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Review | The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read more: Review | The Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriReading the book is, in some ways, like watching a baby take its first steps. It takes some time for the narrative to steady, but once it does there is really no going back.
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HSSpeak #8 | Existentialism
Read more: HSSpeak #8 | Existentialism“Existential attitude begins with a disoriented individual facing a confused world that he cannot accept”. When human beings recognise this condition – that they are actually on their own without any absolute law backing them up – it creates what is known as anguish or anxiety. This can be understood by the feeling that we…
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Alumni Speak #13 | Avinaash Ravichanderan
Read more: Alumni Speak #13 | Avinaash RavichanderanFive years ago, I hardly knew disciplines such as philosophy or sociology even existed. I come from a normal science background. And it was by accident that I landed in this department. The introduction to various thinkers, disciplines and ways of thinking I was exposed to… They’ll continue to guide me for the rest of…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Handlettering
Read more: A Beginner’s Guide to HandletteringHandlettering is a broad term used to refer to both traditional calligraphy (think ancient illuminated manuscripts and dip pens from historical films) and modern calligraphy (which is anything from ‘faux’ to brush-pen to graffiti-style to arbitrary letterforms that people draw for some reason instead of using fonts like normal people).
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Review | Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Read more: Review | Meditations by Marcus Aurelius“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for…
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Alumni Speak #12 | Meenakshi Kumar
Read more: Alumni Speak #12 | Meenakshi KumarArticle 19 correspondent Devika Dinesh speaks to Meenakshi Kumar, in the first of a series of four interviews with students of the HS15 batch who graduated this year. What are you doing now, and what are your future plans? I’m thinking about the rest of my life, and trying to figure out what to do…
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Meditations sponsored by IKEA
Read more: Meditations sponsored by IKEAAfter performing the sadness drill for a solid 10 minutes, I dusted myself off and decided to build the table even if it meant that the desk would open downwards. I would just have to learn to live with it, of course.
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From T’Challa to Nograj: Movies and Icons that moved us in 2018
Read more: From T’Challa to Nograj: Movies and Icons that moved us in 2018I don’t want to shut myself out of movies completely and so sometimes I feel like I am doing it as an obligation. To not lose touch with an art form that I have enjoyed all these years. I do enjoy them when I am actually watching but to make the decision to watch them…
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Ripe Vinyl #13 | Sudhandiram Oru Dabba – Kurangan
Read more: Ripe Vinyl #13 | Sudhandiram Oru Dabba – KuranganWhen I was asked to write about my “Music Story”, I found that it was a Herculean task. First, what is a music story, really? And as much as I like Kurangan, there is so much out there. How does one really choose? Because I still love my Rahman and Raja, and sometimes classical music…
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