Tag: Aparna Venkittan
Articles by Aparna Venkittan, Designer 2020-21.
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Letter to Freshies
Read more: Letter to FreshiesIt took a lot of procrastination to bring myself to write a letter to the freshies (ask the Editor). Mainly because I do not believe that I have accumulated enough maturity and knowledge to tell the first years what to expect from the department and insti in general. So there you get your first point…
2–4 minutes
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Popular Culture Analysis
Read more: Popular Culture AnalysisWe all come across our fair share of pop culture trends on social media. Most of us look at them for a few seconds, maybe laugh a little (or get annoyed) and continue scrolling. But what lies beneath the surface? On the 20th and 21st of February, 2021, we asked our followers on Instagram to…
6–8 minutes
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Boost is the Secret of My Energy
Read more: Boost is the Secret of My EnergyThe mango tree listens and sways to every little joy and droops to every little hurt. It now knows of a heaven far away; of the place where the nights are livelier than the day, of the people who has kept her good, of the days she had breathed freedom, of a hostel room she…
4–6 minutes
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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…
4–6 minutes
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Gender in Times of a Pandemic
Read more: Gender in Times of a PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has foregrounded social inequalities along the lines of gender, caste and class. In this article, B Nandhiga Ramani looks at the COVID-19 pandemic through a gendered lens.
6–9 minutes
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Ripe Vinyl #12 | Afreen Afreen – Coke Studio
Read more: Ripe Vinyl #12 | Afreen Afreen – Coke StudioFor me, this song is a tryst of reveries and of remembrance, of lazy afternoons spent basking in the warmth of friendship and self-love. Of evenings spent talking about anything and everything under the sun. Of nights spent with great company, recounting raucous tales or simply losing ourselves in the beauty of the stars. Of…
5–7 minutes
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Domestic Violence in the Era of COVID-19
Read more: Domestic Violence in the Era of COVID-19There has been a worrying spike in cases of domestic violence, in the wake of lockdown measures implemented globally in response to the pandemic. Article 19 correspondent Devika Dinesh writes on this issue.
3–5 minutes
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Warli Tears. Warli Blood. Warli Art.
Read more: Warli Tears. Warli Blood. Warli Art.—Ganesh Dileep “I’m a Warli Adivasi. Our story is an ancient one. We are indigenous. We bring life where there was none. In this jungle even our lives are green, Waghoba is our feline God. Put a hold to your ‘development dream’ back off from our forest, be gone forever!” ‘Warli Revolt’ by Swadesi* For…
6–8 minutes
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