Author: Article 19
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Alumni Speak #11 | Zarin Shihab
Read more: Alumni Speak #11 | Zarin ShihabOne of the main questions I’d wrestled with during my time in insti was how I wasn’t really interested in academia. I was not doing any research internships or planning on doing any more academic work after graduation. But over time I realized that it was okay for me to not want to do these…
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Review | Kandukondain Kandukondain
Read more: Review | Kandukondain KandukondainThe film stays true to its intent, as a heartwarming tale of romance, drama and music that will leave you satisfied—even though the said satisfaction arises out of our unrealistic concept of love, and the belief that all our problems will miraculously disappear precisely the way it happened in the movie. But then again, we…
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Review | Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Read more: Review | Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo CoelhoCoelho joins life, death and madness in an inextricable tangle which leads us to question whether true freedom lies in the realm of lunacy. Veronika Decides to Die is a short read that will leave you thinking long after you have turned the last page.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Making Scrunchies
Read more: A Beginner’s Guide to Making ScrunchiesOur department is replete with wonderful people bursting with talent, ideas and hobbies. In the first article of the Beginner’s Guide series, I write about our department’s own second-year student, Narcissus Owarie, who was able to turn a quarantine-inspired hobby into a small business of sorts.
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Alumni Talk | Anu Joshy
Read more: Alumni Talk | Anu JoshyAnu Joshy graduated from the department in 2014 with a Masters in English Studies. Since then, she has been preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination and cleared it this year in her fifth attempt, ranking 264 at the national level. Her third anthology of poems, With Blue Ink of the Oceans, is available on…
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Is it time to cancel “cancel culture”?
Read more: Is it time to cancel “cancel culture”?Cancel culture is a recent phenomenon in which people “cancel”—withdraw their support for—famous people and celebrities after they do something that is deemed offensive. Article 19 correspondent Devika Dinesh talks to some of our readers about their opinions on cancel culture.
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Review | Family Romance, LLC – “Who Will Be My Father Today?”
Read more: Review | Family Romance, LLC – “Who Will Be My Father Today?”The film is shot almost entirely on a handheld camera with Herzog himself as the cinematographer. It doesn’t employ professional actors, and a lot of the dialogue is spontaneous. One might easily mistake it for a documentary. Yet, the scenes are carefully scripted and explore a very definite question—where do you draw the line between…
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Alumni Talk | Arya Prakash
Read more: Alumni Talk | Arya PrakashArya emphasizes on the need for action. Censuring idleness and passivity, she asks students to identify potential within themselves and in their surroundings and to “do something.” This could be a YouTube channel, a podcast, or you could “pick up a hammer and break the K Gate wall.”
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My Last Five Years
Read more: My Last Five YearsAnu Joshy of the HS09 batch is an alumna of the department who cleared the Civil Services examination this year, ranking 264 at the national level. This is the English translation of a post she wrote on Facebook after the results came out, where she talks about her UPSC journey. 2020 was so far a…
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Next Life, I Want to Be a Stone
Read more: Next Life, I Want to Be a StoneCurrently, I have been avoiding three people who tried to reach out to me, my WhatsApp is filled with unopened messages and a letter sent by a close friend has been lying unopened on my desk for over a week. I am almost always disinterested, tired or exhausted and all I want to do is…
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