Let me begin this article by identifying myself as an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community. An ally is a person who identifies as a cisgender and heterosexual individual but believes in the cause of the queer community. But this also explains that I have some particular rights, sanctioned to me just because I am a […]
Darlings (2022): The Cruel Case of Coercion (Movie Review)
This review is written by Bilal Khan, student of Christ University, Bengaluru. Bilal is a prolific blogger with interests on subjects such as gender, domestic violence, religion amongst others. Read other blogs by the author here. OTT platforms in India allow more filmmakers to express themselves freely regarding societal issues. This freedom comes at the price […]
Aamis: Between the Plates (Movie Review)
This post is written by Bilal Khan who is student of Christ University, Bengaluru. What we consider normal or not usually depends on our perception of things. A person can conform to the idea of love being compared to a rose. The metaphor stands as old as English poetry, and an individual could agree with […]
Harry Potter and the Prison of Patriarchy
This post has been written by Bilal Khan, a student of Christ University, Bengaluru. Patriarchy and the Potterverse Harry Potter has always been a nostalgic piece of Literature, at least for Gen Z. In this nostalgia, what we remember and do not is an issue to think about. For example, we might remember the horrifying […]
What has become of Sri Lanka and Why?
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermathReligious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermath-This post is written by Sanchari Bhattacharjee and edited by Bilal Khan. The author and editor are students of Christ University, Bengaluru. Sri Lanka- The island nation known for its tourism and tea is experiencing one of the worst economic and […]
The Contemporary Canon: A New Course For Poetry
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This book review is written by Bilal Khan of Christ University, Bengaluru. As a student of English Literature, Bilal is fascinated with book reviews and opinion pieces on poetries. What is the English Canon? Or, to start, what is even a canonical body? To reduce it to […]
The Defeat of Choice: Reflections on the abortion laws
This post is written by Bilal Khan, a student at Christ University, Bengaluru. In today’s cosmopolitan world, it is almost impossible to not register even slight changes in other countries. But the Supreme Court of the USA’s decision was anything but unnoticeable. On 24 June 2022 Roe Vs Wade ruling was overruled. But what does […]
Let’s make some space for gender and sexuality
This post is written by Bilal Khan, English (Hons.) student at Christ University, Bengaluru. June 2022 is about to end, and we would like to farewell Pride Month with a quick read about Gender, Identity and Sexual Orientation. All three of these terms are essential for understanding the complexities of the larger discourse surrounding them. […]
Agnipath Protests: The Erasure of Dissent
This post is written by Bilal Khan, a student of English Honours at Christ University, Bengaluru. Bilal’s research interests include English and Cultural Studies. In one of our latest blogs, we discussed the ins and outs of the new Army Recruitment process, the Agnipath Scheme. Understandably, whoever is “reading” about the scheme is a person […]
