Creating Our Own Subculture Through Storytelling: In Conversation with Writer Nadya Agrawal
Featured Image: Kajal Magazine From traditional folktales to iconic fables, storytelling has been a powerful tool that has played a fundamental role in shaping human civilization into what it is today. For the founder of Kajal Magazine, Nadya Agrawal, writing and sharing her stories has been her preferred form of expression for as long as […]
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Overstimulation, COVID-19, and Moving On
Featured Illustration: Bailey Mariner / Verywell Life before COVID-19 is difficult to remember. It is easy to say the pandemic has changed me and equally easy to argue that anything and everything changes people. But, I would like to propose that the pandemic has been different in this case. To say how much I changed […]
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King Crimson and the 21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson is an English progressive rock band formed in 1968, renown for its experimental style and approaches to music. It is also one of my favourite bands ever — their music definitely isn’t for everyone, but I would encourage people to give it a shot regardless! Their stylistic choices make it so that even […]
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Nike Basketball | The Window
How do you pick yourself back up after what feels like a devastating loss, miss-step, or mistake made due to a lack of knowledge or experience? For many poor, underprivileged people of color who are trying to make it out, the weight of a mistake feels crushing because it can be the difference between a […]
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How Chicken Tikka Masala Became the Paradigm for Cultural Diversity
Featured Illustration: Julia Wytrazek As soon as you step foot into an Indian restaurant, your nose will be hit with the scent of spicy masala and notes of turmeric that gently lifts you up and takes you 11, 645 kilometers across the ocean to the motherland of spices. The phrase “Going out for an Indian” […]
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Journalism: The New Corporatocracy
“Democracy dies in darkness.” The infamous slogan of the Washington Post highlights the importance of journalism as we become increasingly aware of how fragile our democratic institutions are. It’s a phrase quoted by Amazon founder, the newly ordained second-richest man on Earth (after being surpassed by Elon Musk), the second billionaire to go to space, […]
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The Transcendence of Indo-Western Fashion: In Conversation with Designer Payal Singhal
Featured Image: Fashion Network Besides being the final year before the new millennium, 1999 was filled with some of the most anticipated and revolutionary moments in human history. From the international Melissa computer virus to the release of Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP, this year was nothing short of exciting. The Indian fashion industry also […]
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Embracing Ageing
I spent the morning at a chair yoga workshop recently, talking about the effects of ageing on the body. While I’m not quite ready to get off the mat, there were definitely pointers to share with my mum and adaptations to consider when aches and pains give me a nudge (as they do nowadays). This […]
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Trip
Off to Washington D.C. I go— Because I need to know about Roe. And what is it about Roe you ask? Here is where I drop my mask. How Great can this old country be? When it’s obvious you are not free If you can carry a pregnancy? You can’t get pregnant? […]
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