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My Ducsu voting experience: The good and the bad

The voting process was absolutely seamless.

2m ago

The internet is making us reactionary, and it’s time to get off it

Social media often brings out the worst in people, with the anonymity of many platforms fuelling hostility towards strangers.

2m ago

An outlandish jumble of cults, cannibalism, and colonial violence

Melissa Lozada-Oliva takes us on a bumpy apocalyptic horror ride in her debut novel Candelaria. Spanning across three generations of women, the novel ushers together an unsettled past and an even more bizarre present.

8m ago

Inventing love

When Anne Carson said– All lovers believe they are inventing love, she was perhaps right

1y ago

The invisibilisation of women’s labour during Eid

Amidst the festive celebrations, exquisite dishes and beautiful decorations, most of us often overlook the strenuous invisible labour of women.

1y ago

The hills

They say the hills have eyes Iridescent, all knowing, and deathlike.

1y ago

Has the Boi Mela been reduced to photographic aesthetics and vacuous controversies?

In the last few years, there has been a paradigm shift in the traditional book fair culture. The commercialisation and curation of hyper nationalist books have led to the absence of literature and stories of “others”.

1y ago

The controversial legacy of Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’

Readers often look for relatability in the stories and characters they are reading but Nabokov doesn’t give his readers that comfort or spoon feed them. Rather, he challenges them to eschew feeling compelled by Humbert’s justification of his innocence

1y ago
September 13, 2025
September 13, 2025

My Ducsu voting experience: The good and the bad

The voting process was absolutely seamless.

September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025

The internet is making us reactionary, and it’s time to get off it

Social media often brings out the worst in people, with the anonymity of many platforms fuelling hostility towards strangers.

March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025

An outlandish jumble of cults, cannibalism, and colonial violence

Melissa Lozada-Oliva takes us on a bumpy apocalyptic horror ride in her debut novel Candelaria. Spanning across three generations of women, the novel ushers together an unsettled past and an even more bizarre present.

November 9, 2024
November 9, 2024

Inventing love

When Anne Carson said– All lovers believe they are inventing love, she was perhaps right

June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024

The invisibilisation of women’s labour during Eid

Amidst the festive celebrations, exquisite dishes and beautiful decorations, most of us often overlook the strenuous invisible labour of women.

April 6, 2024
April 6, 2024

The hills

They say the hills have eyes Iridescent, all knowing, and deathlike.

February 27, 2024
February 27, 2024

Has the Boi Mela been reduced to photographic aesthetics and vacuous controversies?

In the last few years, there has been a paradigm shift in the traditional book fair culture. The commercialisation and curation of hyper nationalist books have led to the absence of literature and stories of “others”.

January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024

The controversial legacy of Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’

Readers often look for relatability in the stories and characters they are reading but Nabokov doesn’t give his readers that comfort or spoon feed them. Rather, he challenges them to eschew feeling compelled by Humbert’s justification of his innocence

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

4 witchy romance novels to read this Halloween

The fascination with October’s magic and mystery hasn’t subdued over the centuries. And what can be more magical than falling in love in October?

September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023

Media literacy and the case of overrated classics

In this digital age, we are processing a large amount of information everyday and it’s important to learn media literacy in order to see the bigger picture.