Category: Op-Eds
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Speak Freely, Yes – But Conditions Apply
India has always boasted of its liberal democratic values – of how the makers of the constitution braved divisive spirits from all sides, and embraced ideals that were quite indigestible for a significant proportion of the population. And yes, our constitution remains a wonder – a gem of a work which has laid the foundations… Read More
8–12 minutes
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Exploring the Indian Drag Scene
Drag has been incorporated as an art form in multiple ways. Yet, when it comes to India, our understanding of Drag is very often limited to the Indianized version of a Western art form. Even while discussing places where Drag can be experienced best, the same few cosmopolitan names kept coming up (Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa… Read More
10–14 minutes
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Reading Between the Hashtags
A few weeks ago, I was at Crossword, browsing the half-price section. A group of girls stood next to me, scanning the books before them. One of them picked up a book and exclaimed loudly, “This book is amazing. You all have to read it.” Curious, I turned my head to see her holding It… Read More
4–5 minutes
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Caste, Class, Gender and “Elite” Institute Teams
In Institute terms, the “Elite” teams are somewhat intuitively understood as “prestigious”, hard-working teams for which there is a high demand with respect to favourable extra-curricular CV points that high-paying non-core companies tend to favour.How do questions of caste, class and gender play out between the links of this ‘Great Chain of Being’? If you’ve… Read More
6–9 minutes
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Colours of Absence
‘To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence’………beauty, poetry, love, art and expression are the things which make human lives richer, more painful, more poignant. This article explores the workings of absence in all these beautiful facets, and how it adds shades of it own… Read More
3–5 minutes
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‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted’ Defence of Ye
“Hip hop music is the first art form created by free black men. And no black man has taken advantage of his freedom more than Kanye West,” declared the American comedian, actor, and filmmaker Chris Rock, introducing Kanye West a few years back during a Wyoming listening party for Kanye’s album “Ye”. Read More
4–7 minutes
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Flickering Rainbows
The temporal dimensions of queerness are a product of an intricate interplay of individual agency, societal pressures and the intersection of personal and external factors. Only through ever-evolving dialogue, can we uncover the beauty and complexity of identities and sexualities that defy easy categorisation. Read More
5–8 minutes
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Then, the Dandies Marched
The thing to note here is that these people don’t come from wealthy or developed or even seemingly ‘fashionable’ countries; instead, this subculture of dandyism is prominently seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of the Congo (ROC) – two countries which people often mistake to be the same. More… Read More
3–5 minutes
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“A Breath. A Heartbeat. And Messi”: Remembering The Greatest Night of Football
“Scaloni will be fated, Messi will be sainted” Peter Drury’s words served the ceremonial climax to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in celestial lyricism as we huddled up in front of the screen, with beaming faces and full eyes, watching Leo Messi lift the World Cup, an image of imagination, now stretched on the white… Read More
5–7 minutes
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