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Is love a dog from hell?
Read more: Is love a dog from hell?– Deepjyoti Sharma 2+2 =4, Tautology In whatever universe Is love same in every possible world Out there? In my observable universe David Wallace said: All this inside me To you, it’s just words That’s why Bukowski said: Love is a dog from hell Or what Rilke said like a princess waiting for us to…
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Perennial Mirrors: A biography of the unfinished self
Read more: Perennial Mirrors: A biography of the unfinished self– Satya Priya We find ourselves in people, places, poetry and perennial mirrors divulging the endless wavelength that is the self. But who is ‘I’? A fragmented whole in quest of coherence, of sense that selfhood makes and doesn’t. An essence, treading the speeding path of light, I traverse multitudes and reach the end empty…
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Prof-Files #19 | Dr Merin Simi Raj
Read more: Prof-Files #19 | Dr Merin Simi RajNext up on Prof-Files is Dr. Merin Simi Raj, Associate Professor of English Studies in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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S’s Dream
Read more: S’s Dream– Garima & Aravind With thanks and apologies to Begum Rokeya. One evening I was lounging on my bed trying to prepare for the Ǫuiz the next day. I was certainly sleepy, but I am not sure whether I had dozed off or not. But as far as I remember, I was as awake as…
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Some Are More Equal Than Others
Read more: Some Are More Equal Than OthersIn this op-ed, Vishal explores how structural inequalities—rooted in caste, class, and language—persist in academic and educational spaces, masked by the ideals of meritocracy and neutrality.
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On Liberal Bigotry, the HS Department and the “Progressive” Space: How Does Implicit Islamophobia and Casteism Permeate?
Read more: On Liberal Bigotry, the HS Department and the “Progressive” Space: How Does Implicit Islamophobia and Casteism Permeate?– Yatin Satish This article describes a very particular kind of person who thinks it doesn’t apply to them. Yes, you. It has to do with the modern political Liberal, who takes it upon themselves to play reasonable “peacemaker” between the Left and the Right. From Biden’s U.S.A., to Trudeau’s Canada, to Macron’s France, to…
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A Woman Inside a Woman Inside a Woman
Read more: A Woman Inside a Woman Inside a Woman– Hanna Any woman who is capable of expressing herself artistically yearns to dive deep into her relationship with her mother. To draw her, to write about her, to dream of her, and to worry about her seems to her as primal as breathing. I do not call myself a writer; I am merely a…
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Dan’s farewell speech
Read more: Dan’s farewell speech– Harshaman What have I learnt in my two years of MA? Is what I keep thinking now and then these days. When I was 16 years old I dreamt of doing Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Bombay. I was reading Wings of Fire back then, the book’s influence had rubbed off on me a little,…
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An Open Letter from Me: Thoughts About the Department
Read more: An Open Letter from Me: Thoughts About the Department– Chenni Valavan Dear Department, Hi. It’s me. From the last Integrated MA batch. Still here (all 10 fingers, 10 brain cells). Still confused. Still waiting for someone to acknowledge our situation, to not brush it aside. And yes, I am talking out of experience. Kindly hear me out as I write to you all;…
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my mother tells me
Read more: my mother tells meA raw, reflective piece by Qais on conformity, expectation, and the quiet rebellion of simply existing.
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