POV: You had to start the most important and memorable part of your life during a pandemic, online, and after only a month-long summer vacation.  With the cancellation of the May/June CAIE session and the palpable euphoria that came alongside the result, the sudden commencement of A Level was a marvellous way to add to the celebration. All of us had been waiting tirelessly, day … Continue reading A Users Manual: Surviving A Level

 “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana History books can often, even for the most avid readers, prove to be quite tedious or dense. Some may end up loathing the fact that the fascinating events of the past are hidden behind books inaccessible to those who aren’t engaged deeply with the scholarship of History. If you find yourself … Continue reading 5 Must-Watch Movies to Spark Your Interest in History

Disclaimer: The following article was written before the commencement of the 2020-2021 season. With the NBA announcing the format and schedule for the 2020-2021 season, and teams gearing up for the regular season, one question looms over everyones head: has the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty come to an end? Can a team plagued with injuries return to its former glory? With one-half of the splash … Continue reading The Future of the GSW Dynasty

Try interacting with any A2 student and the conversation will likely dissolve into a rant over their Application deadlines, missing supplements, countless unfilled financial aid forms, and the consistent postponement of the SAT’s before you could even say: “How are you?”  Surprisingly, however, they tend to reply quite quickly since they’re always begging for new ways to put their futures in jeopardy. Some may even … Continue reading A2 and UniApps: A How-To Guide

Have you ever felt as if the past is repeating itself too rapidly? Well, that’s twentytwenty for you. This year, without a doubt, has had its fair share of world transforming events: from an almost occurrence of WWIII, to a deadly pandemic, a global movement of racial justice, climate change bushfires, and the worst of them all-Yummy by Justin Bieber. Let’s take a look at … Continue reading 2020, Based On True Events

A multi-billion dollar industry in the south-east Asian country of South Korea has emerged in the last two decades, thanks to Hallyu (the Korean wave). With government funding and its aim of soft diplomacy to establish influence over the world, many artists have emerged onto the world stage. New music is pumped out from labels big and small, each trying to put their artists in … Continue reading A Look Into The World of Kpop

Given the current social climate, with an ongoing pandemic here to wipe the floors with our happiness, I have come to a realization that humans really can’t take loneliness. We’re hard-wired to always fancy a little company no matter how much we deny it. And there’s actual biological rationale behind this. You see, our ancestors had to survive, and the only way they could do … Continue reading Loneliness, Despair and Lyrical Rap

When we were assigned to write articles themed around music and musical culture, my thought process somehow led me to the conclusion that meme songs and their cultural impact need to be written about. Maybe I just do not possess the big bren to write academic articles, or maybe the Gen Z within me has begun to dictate every single life decision I make.  See, … Continue reading Do You Know Your Meme Songs?

“With music, there are only 12 notes. You can’t increase or decrease them. Those 12 notes are coming from the Divine. And the whole world is within them.” – Abida Parveen. The inherent mysticism, the state of entrancement, transcendent of language and ethnicity, race and culture, that is present in- what we now term as -‘Sufi Music’ can prove that it is one of the … Continue reading Music: Of the Soul, By the Soul and For the Soul.

Not to be your typical aunt-next-door, but go ahead and list some of the most legendary Pakistani Musicians that you know about. If Madam Noor Jehan and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are all you could name, you might want to continue reading this article.   Now, if I ask you to name a few of the most iconic singers of the Hollywood music industry, the list … Continue reading Diving Into the World of Classical Music