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Coke Studio Season 15: A Masterclass in Reclaiming Culture
I wouldn’t call myself a Coke Studio connoisseur; I only really started listening to it since season 14. The turning point was ‘Pasoori’ by Ali Sethi and Shae Gill. I loved Ali Sethi’s music and this one was no exception. Since season 14 they also started making behind-the-scenes videos called ‘magical journeys’, about how the Read more
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Sonia Sabri: Embracing Light and Darkness Through Kathak
Sonia Sabri’s journey into Kathak dance started with a twist of fate. She was all set to learn Bharatnatyam, a style of dance from South India when destiny had other plans. By a stroke of luck (or perhaps fate), Sonia ended up in a Kathak class at the Midlands Art Centre in Birmingham. Picture a Read more
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West End Debut: Charithra Chandran’s Breakthrough Performance
The anticipation was palpable as I hurried to the Garrick Theatre, barely taking a moment to glance at the poster or read the description. All I needed to see was the promise of Taylor Swift and Charithra Chandran, and I was already RSVPing yes to “Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon” before I finished reading the Read more
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Baring It All with The Bare Bar: Radhika’s Story
When you think of social media strategy gone right, you think of The Bare Bar. But they’re more than just their (fantastic) content and customer testimonials — after all, the praise has to come from somewhere. Their tagline, ‘Simple. Clean. Sustainable’ tells you exactly what to expect and this interview with The Bare Bar’s founder, Read more
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the victims will not be there to judge
they won’t judge the lives we’ll lead/ not the memorials/ not the protests/ they won’t judge the history told in their honor/ the mourning of their loss/ the fights we fight like hell/ the boycotts/ they won’t judge who crossed the picket lines/ the people coming together/ the politicians who enable their death/ the platitudes Read more
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Standing Vigil
When I wrote my last piece for Reclamation Magazine in November last year, I had just been to a protest march in Cape Town. I was actively collecting what I called “pebbles of hope”, hoping that our shared humanity would bring an end to the merciless killing of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children. Read more
