After an exhausting three-hour jeep ride, we arrived at the base camp. Refreshed, we found ourselves compelled to take horses for the journey ahead after the locals declared it impossible to reach our destination without them. We reluctantly accepted the necessity of horses, feeling it was a blow to our fledgling hiking reputations. As I mounted the horse, fear washed over me. Naturally, I trusted … Continue reading Horse-riding: From Fear To Fascination
It was only some weeks ago, when summer break had finally begun, that I’d decided to search up live performances of Hamlet. Although my Literature teacher had been emphasising since the very first day that Shakespeare—or any other playwright for that matter—did not intend for plays to be studied in a classroom, rather experienced through a performance on stage, I knew that a youtube video … Continue reading I Want to Die with My Boots On: A Tribute to Zia Mohyeddin.
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
Pixar’s ratatouille is about a lot of things: inspiration, talent, art, and memory. And yes, it also simultaneously teaches capitalist concepts of capital and productivity while maintaining a fantasy of social mobility and access to high culture. It’s a story of extremes, with the poverty-stricken on one end of the spectrum, and the wealthy on the other. Ratatouille tells the ‘rags to riches’ tale of … Continue reading Ratatouille and Capitalism
