Category: UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
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Visual Storytelling as a Liberation Practice: A Look Back on Barbara Evina’s First Solo Exhibition, “How I Have Been Spending My Twenties”
“Choosing keeping”, 50x50cm oil on Canvas, 2022. Back in September 2022, I had the privilege of attending Barbara Evina’s first solo exhibition. In an intimate exploration of self and medium, Barbara Evina delves into the profound connections between her life experiences and her artistry, vividly portraying personal growth and cultural…
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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…
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How to love ourselves
Have you ever seen a glass while it is breaking? Have you noticed how the initial impact Causes the whole glass to crack in various places, And then scatter when it falls to the ground? And when the tiny little pieces of the glass Fall to the ground and lie…
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Is this meant for me?
Ever since I was a child I was told about how my marriage will be How the halls of a big room will be decorated with flowers and diyas How I’ll be wearing the prettiest red dress How they’ll find me the man of my dreams and how I’ll spend…
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Toxic Masculinity: A Plague Across South Asia
Featured Image: Metro . . . Toxic masculinity has always been prevalent in South Asian society. As young children, boys are told immediately to stop “crying like girls” — taught that any feminine act can shatter their entire masculinity and, that because they are boys, they are not allowed to…