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POLITICS
Banning Books, Silencing Voices
Featured Illustration: Jane Mount . . . I have been watching the escalating trend of banning books in the USA with a…
NADIA KAMIES
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
Alchemy of Solitude director Viktoria I.V. King on the plurality of justice
“Do you want to ask questions or do you want to live?” International-award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer Viktoria I.V. King poses…
AMY NGUYEN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
To Fill a Paper
My teenage years often feel some sort of sick competition, as I watch college applications and academic success swallow so many students…
ARIANA BHARGAVA
CULTURE
Thank you, Ramadan Tent Project, for my first Iftar
I’ve never been to an Iftar before. I’ve never really celebrated Ramadan before. Growing up in India, Ramadan was a cause of…
AISHWARYA VISWAMITRA
CULTURE
Status Symbols in India and their Colonial Roots – Part III: Architecture
The roots of colonialism in India have been firmly in place since 1858, when the British Raj came to power. India was…
ARIANA BHARGAVA
UNCATEGORIZED
The main event: Fable & Mane
We’ve covered many a journey in this series so far so, just in time for their third birthday, let’s have some Fable…
AISHWARYA VISWAMITRA
THE ARTS
Rest assured artists – you will always be better than AI
Featured Illustration: Rebecca Fassola “And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that cross in the…
CHRISTOPHER SORIANO
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Night of Power
“The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months…it is peace until the break of dawn.” —The Holy Quran, 97:3-5 .…
M.A. RIAZ
LIFE
Coming to God: Reflections on Faith
A little over a year ago, I was at a point in my life when my faith was hitting an all-time low.…
KULSUMK
CULTURE
Status Symbols in India and their Colonial Roots – Part II: English
The roots of colonialism in India have been firmly in place since 1858, when the British Raj came to power. India was…
ARIANA BHARGAVA
UNCATEGORIZED
Anisa Karolia’s ‘The Ramadan Cookbook’
Food plays a huge role in Ramadan for Muslims around the world, abstaining from eating between sunrise and sunset with a pre-dawn…
AISHWARYA VISWAMITRA
CULTURE
Cooking up a storm in a Desi Kitchen
Sarah Woods, the author of Desi Kitchen, left her corporate role at a leading pharmaceutical company to pursue a career in food.…
AISHWARYA VISWAMITRA

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