Have you ever wanted to watch a sport that is equally thrilling and dramatic (cue the subtle politics involved)? Well, I have just the sport for you: Formula 1, which combines watching 20 absurdly fast cars driving in a circle with the perfect ratio of drama to action for all the soap-opera enthusiasts. A distinct memory usually comes to mind when I think of Formula … Continue reading Speeding Through the Sectors: Your Formula 1 Handbook
Whether it’s a specific player that has made you an active follower of the tournaments (we don’t blame you, Naseem’s fangirls), a specific rivalry which makes you put everything on hold and stand anxiously in front of the TV, or just gathering with your friends in the neighborhood to play street cricket— no matter what your reason for loving the game is—there’s something about it … Continue reading Cricket, Spirit, and Class
Picture the corseted confines of the Elizabethan era clashing with the free-spirited flapper dresses of the 1920s. Fashion’s paradoxes unfold— how what we wear can both mask and reveal the complexities of our world. Fashion has been just the medium, showcasing how it both obscures and unveils the multifaceted nuances of each era throughout human history. Despite being associated by the majority as a “female-oriented” … Continue reading Vivienne Westwood; The Epitome of Female Footprint in Fashion
The modern world is obsessed with control. You are what you eat; practice makes perfect; if you don’t like something, change it. It convinces you that you can get whatever you want if you work hard enough. In truth, this is a facade. There are obvious forces, from the media to government, that influence the way we perceive the world and the possibilities it possesses. … Continue reading Female hysteria: inside the mind of an abandoned neurotic
Live-Action anime. A phrase that I’m sure causes any animanga enthusiast to cringe (I sure do). When anime started taking the world by storm, studios wanted to quickly capitalize on that success, resulting in the monstrosity nobody asked for. Bluntly speaking, anime usually never works in a live action format: the horrible character wigs, over-the-top dialogue, and revolting CGI is something straight from a nightmare! … Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Horrible (Live-Action Anime Edition)
Ever scrolled endlessly through Instagram or TikTok and kept seeing those same five books a million times? If you mistakenly picked one up in the last few years and decided to immerse yourself in a new world, you probably found yourself cursing at the writer for their lack of creativity, or, even at capitalism for publishing it in the first place. BookTok might as well … Continue reading Just for The Aesthetic: The Superficial Face of BookTok
Imagine living with a cluttered mind, an unflinching conviction to study on the last day, your neurons faltering at the relay race yet you still manifest your life every day. Whether you’re the crystal, full-blown rituals junkie or a Pinterest mood board conformist, you believe that even through the turmoil, the world has been perfectly curated for you, and that the universe will still lead … Continue reading “I Wish, I Wish, With all My Heart to Fly With Dragons in a Land Apart”: Manifestation, a Human Trait
It is surreal to think that only a week or more remains till the batch of 2023 begins a new chapter of their lives, leaving behind memories of black and white uniforms, midweek tedious assemblies and an artificial grass carpet that should have been replaced ages ago. Having grown up consuming an unhealthy amount of Disney shows featuring protagonists that experienced events akin to the … Continue reading “Those are Strings, Pinocchio”: An Ode to the Batch of 2023
Now and then, while I surf through the channel list, I stumble upon the memory lane of all millennials and Gen Z: Cartoon Network. Back in the day, all of us came home and turned on the television to watch this one channel which gave us our childhood dreams, motivation, inspiration, happiness, and drama — overall great entertainment. Cartoon Network was at the centre of … Continue reading The Hub of Nostalgia: Cartoon Network
Enter the absurd world of dreams: a lawless land where you can murder and get away with murder, see floating babies in the sky, or get chased by barnyard animals (not talking about Riverdale here). A dream is somewhere you can be anything or anyone you want to be, although it is not you who governs the bizarre plotlines and mystifying visions. You close your … Continue reading Dreams: A Walk Through the Annals of History
