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    Notes on lonliness and living through a pandemic

    Loneliness sits flat on my chest. Nine months into the pandemic, I have come to the conclusion that there is no depth in loneliness, no awakening or lessons ...

    On November 17, 2020 / By Wajiha Mehdi
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    Notes on undoing academic elitism

    There are two incidents that have happened since I joined graduate school: I have lost the ability to write and, lessons in critical analysis in western academia have ...

    On June 21, 2019 / By Wajiha Mehdi
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    Why is Secret Superstar problematic and yet commendable?

    It was in context of the unsung pastoral forefathers that Thomas Gray wrote: “Full many a gem of purest ray serene/The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:/Full many ...

    On December 16, 2017 / By Aysha Munira
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    In Hope of a Body Positive World

    When a teenager looks at himself in the mirror, he is more often than not reminded about how his bodily dimensions are inferior and inadequate in comparison to ...

    On October 19, 2016 / By Amrita Ghosh
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    The Holmes that you have never seen!

    There is BBC’s Sherlock and then there is BBC’s Mr. Holmes. Based on the novel named “A Slight Trick of the Mind” by Mitch Culling Mr. Holmes is ...

    On October 1, 2016 / By Sohel Abu
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    ‘Akira’ is a Well-Made Socially Relevant Film that Challenges Gender Stereotypes

    Violence is fundamentally not something positive, but in self-defence or more controversially and with some ‘if’s and ‘but’s, in pursuit of securing one’s legitimate rights, it may even ...

    On September 9, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    A Review of Happy Bhag Jayegi

    At a time when being a fan of an Indian cricketer can be an offence in Pakistan or saying a word or two in praise of Pakistani people ...

    On September 5, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Sarbjit: An Evocative Representation of a Truly Tragic Story

    The story of Sarbjit Singh is among the most tragic in the history of Indo-Pak relations. Allegedly, he was picked up in a drunken state by the Pakistani ...

    On August 29, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Budhia Singh – Born to Run: A Tale of Passion

    Budhia Singh has been the youngest marathon runner in the country, having run at the age of 4. He ran a number of marathons before the most famous ...

    On August 29, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    This is CERTAINLY NOT Sedition! #RamyaControversy

    My strongly critical views on the Pakistani establishment can be seen here and here. My view on the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ controversy stirred by MIM chief Asaduddin ...

    On August 23, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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