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The art of sowing seeds of division among people, nations, can best be learnt from the colonial-thinking, imperialist West. Be it the Sykes-Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, the San Remo Conference in 1920 or the South Asian ‘Independence’ in 1947; recent history is replete with examples how the Europeans (and...
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In an age of distraction, where the present clutches tightly at our gaze, Dr. Kanika Gupta chooses to look back, deep into the crevices of time, where myths still flicker like oil lamps and forgotten hands etched divinity into stone. Art historian, dancer, filmmaker, and author, Gupta is a...
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Seated in my chauffeur-driven car (disclaimer: as I am visually impaired and do not drive after daylight), I told my 17 and 15 year old children to refrain from discussing India and Pakistan. Living in a multi-cultural country from where we or rather I, have spoken about issues that...
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The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate women into the development process. By late 80’s, it was critiqued to cash in on women as appendage into existing...
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Faiqa Mansab’s The Sufi Storyteller is a luminous, multi-layered narrative that fuses the mysticism of Sufi traditions with the gritty urgency of contemporary crime fiction. It is at once a murder mystery and a spiritual quest, a feminist reimagining of storytelling, and a profound exploration of trauma, memory, and...
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In modern warfare, control over digital infrastructure has become as critical as control over physical territory. Recent investigations have largely exposed how Israel has abused BigTech to commit war crimes in Gaza, Palestine. Big Tech has played a decisive role in enabling and enforcing digital repression—from AI-driven military targeting...
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The Comeback is a restrained yet incisive exploration of friendship, betrayal, artistic integrity, and the elusive nature of success. Set against the backdrop of the entertainment industry and small-town theatre, the novel weaves a poignant tale of two men—John K., a once-rising film star grappling with his fading relevance,...
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The kitchen has long been a contested space in a woman’s life. A place of both nourishment and negotiation, creation, and confinement. It is where traditions are preserved, family bonds are reinforced, and yet, it is also where a woman’s autonomy is often reduced to routine. The relationship between...
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Reality what does it mean? It is something we create. It is our perception of the world… as we see it, as we speak it… as we feel it. OR, is it something that exists, it is there, a substance, a manifestation borne out of accidents, actions, narratives, optics,...
The art of sowing seeds of division among people, nations, can best be learnt from the colonial-thinking, imperialist West. Be it the Sykes-Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, the San Remo Conference in 1920 or the South Asian ‘Independence’ in 1947; recent history is replete with examples how the Europeans (and...
In an age of distraction, where the present clutches tightly at our gaze, Dr. Kanika Gupta chooses to look back, deep into the crevices of time, where myths still flicker like oil lamps and forgotten hands etched divinity into stone. Art historian, dancer, filmmaker, and author, Gupta is a...
Seated in my chauffeur-driven car (disclaimer: as I am visually impaired and do not drive after daylight), I told my 17 and 15 year old children to refrain from discussing India and Pakistan. Living in a multi-cultural country from where we or rather I, have spoken about issues that...
The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate women into the development process. By late 80’s, it was critiqued to cash in on women as appendage into existing...
Faiqa Mansab’s The Sufi Storyteller is a luminous, multi-layered narrative that fuses the mysticism of Sufi traditions with the gritty urgency of contemporary crime fiction. It is at once a murder mystery and a spiritual quest, a feminist reimagining of storytelling, and a profound exploration of trauma, memory, and...
In modern warfare, control over digital infrastructure has become as critical as control over physical territory. Recent investigations have largely exposed how Israel has abused BigTech to commit war crimes in Gaza, Palestine. Big Tech has played a decisive role in enabling and enforcing digital repression—from AI-driven military targeting...
The Comeback is a restrained yet incisive exploration of friendship, betrayal, artistic integrity, and the elusive nature of success. Set against the backdrop of the entertainment industry and small-town theatre, the novel weaves a poignant tale of two men—John K., a once-rising film star grappling with his fading relevance,...
The kitchen has long been a contested space in a woman’s life. A place of both nourishment and negotiation, creation, and confinement. It is where traditions are preserved, family bonds are reinforced, and yet, it is also where a woman’s autonomy is often reduced to routine. The relationship between...
Reality what does it mean? It is something we create. It is our perception of the world… as we see it, as we speak it… as we feel it. OR, is it something that exists, it is there, a substance, a manifestation borne out of accidents, actions, narratives, optics,...
