My Ducsu voting experience: The good and the bad
The voting process was absolutely seamless.
13 September 2025, 15:00 PM
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.
5 September 2025, 07:00 AM
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.
19 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Inventing love
When Anne Carson said–
All lovers believe they are inventing love,
she was perhaps right
8 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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.
17 June 2024, 05:00 AM
The hills
They say the hills have eyes
Iridescent, all knowing, and deathlike.
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM
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”.
27 February 2024, 13:45 PM
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
16 January 2024, 15:00 PM
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?
31 October 2023, 13:55 PM
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.
27 September 2023, 15:55 PM
Rethinking Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, the humanist
Despite his caste-consciousness and critical depiction of the social prejudices of colonial Bengal, he never directly opposed them; in his real life, he was an upholder of traditional Hindu patriarchy and Brahmin-dominated caste society.
15 September 2023, 14:00 PM
Remembering Mahasweta Devi: The blueprint of subaltern activism and literature
While novelists such as Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Sanjeeb Chandra Chattopadhyay adopted an ambiguous position on caste discourse in their writing, Mahasweta Devi's fiction explicitly delineates the Dalits and adivasis as political, social, and psychological beings embroiled in multiple levels of oppression.
28 July 2023, 05:00 AM
Why must there be a mandatory minimum university attendance?
Whilst it is not an easy task to do well in tests without attending classes, if a student somehow manages to make up for it by working hard they shouldn’t suffer for it.
20 July 2023, 00:00 AM
Droplets of eternity
Dissipated, my thoughts wander finally taking refuge in sleep.
8 June 2023, 10:10 AM
Are the Gilmore Girls a glorified portrayal of an unrealistic mother-daughter relationship?
The unorthodox mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai and Rory Gilmore and their vibrant life in the town of Stars Hollow were what captivated viewers in the first place.
8 June 2023, 00:00 AM
Aftersun is a devastating portrayal of the gulf between parents and children
Aftersun is a love letter to childhood memories.
10 May 2023, 11:00 AM
Do we need a Harry Potter reboot?
In regards to the Harry Potter universe, many fans have expressed their interest to see the story of the Marauders or a prequel about the Hogwarts founders.
8 April 2023, 12:45 PM
‘Shadow and Bone’: new member of the "poor book adaptation club"
This season tries to cover too much ground and misplaces its focus in the process.
25 March 2023, 10:47 AM
The glaring racial disparity of the Oscars
The Oscars has never tried to hide its bias towards white actors and filmmakers.
12 March 2023, 17:00 PM
The "good for her" cinematic universe: gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss
The “girl-bossification” of the psychologically impaired female characters have led some of us to believe that it means a win for feminism.
22 January 2023, 17:00 PM