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Remembering Vanaprastham

Set between the 1950s and 1980s, Shaji N. Karun’s Vanaprastham takes us through the journey of Kunhikuttan, a Kathakali artist born to a...

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Jun 16
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Remembering Vanaprastham

Set between the 1950s and 1980s, Shaji N. Karun’s Vanaprastham takes us through the journey of Kunhikuttan, a Kathakali artist born to a...

Dec 12, 2023
2 min

Kaathal the core

While the Malayalam film industry is no stranger to making politically relevant movies(almost all of KG George’s cinematography), it's...

Sep 15, 2023
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Dressed to kill..the planet?

An essay on fast fashion Would you believe this top is over 8 years old?! I bought this top from Forever 21 (popular fast fashion brand)...

Jun 20, 2021
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The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Meher

"The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch" is the biography of Qandeel Baloch by Pakistani journalist Sanam Maher. The book takes...

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