Political Pandora

Javier Milei’s tenure as the 59th president of Argentina has brought a paradigm shift to this piece of history. Adamant in their belief that the violence carried about by prominent left-wing guerrilla groups included the Montoneros and the People’s Revolutionary Army (ERP) equate to state terrorism, Vice President Victoria Villarruel has chosen to take her stand as she includes the dead victims of the guerrilla organisation attacks on the same footing as the victims of state

With standardisation comes homogeneity, and homogeneity creates anomalies who do not fit into the mould and therefore need to be discarded on the margins. These beings on the margins, who do not fit sanitised and legally-enforced definitions created by states and adopted by nations, are at the centre of the discussion. Dalit-Queer folx (people who are both Dalit and Queer) inhabit the "death worlds" that Achille Mbembe discusses in his theorisation of Necropolitics.

While Viviani is often forgotten by many, his work serves as a lens into an Italy of the time. An Italy that was built on a violent mythologized past, one that led the way to fascism.

“Deceptive” is sort of the operative word when it comes to Theroux — the question of how much of his bemused, questioning affect is legitimate, and how much of it is him playing up for the camera. This is what makes Theroux the perfect documentarian for a topic like this — his straightforwardness in approaching a subject cuts through the mire and arrives at a crystal clear center.

In the Western migration discourse, state logic, power, and domination take precedence over migrants as the subject of inquiry, committing epistemic violence.

Starring Rajit Kapur as Debu, Munisha Koirala as Juhi, and Sanjay Naval as Kaku, Deepti Naval's directorial debut was an attempt at alternate cinema enchanted with unconventional themes and unsettling portrayals of queerness, desire, and family. 

Pandora's Vinyl: Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal is an album that bites hard and refuses to let go. A sprawling, genre-bending testament to survival and self-affirmation, the project is both a love letter to her Florida roots and a raw chronicle of her battles with fame, sobriety, and the relentless churn of the music industry.

Against the quiet backdrop of a people's tribunal, away from the formal corridors of The Hague or the official offices of global diplomacy, justice and calls for accountability diverged from traditional legal channels.

On March 21, 2025, Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White was released in theaters. Beset by controversy and bad press, the film ended up having an expectedly tepid performance at the box office. But according to Disney executives, the source of all the film’s woes could be placed at the feet of one person and one person only: Rachel Zegler, who tweeted her support for Palestine.

As is evident, in the eyes of the US President, many things are not deserving of his attention. President Trump refuses to listen to his counterparts on either side of the US border, dismissing voices from both the north and south. The question, therefore, is: What does Trump want to hear about?

Pandora's Vinyl: Lorde’s Pure Heroine is a quiet revolution, a minimalist manifesto that reshaped the contours of pop music.

The global rise of right-wing gender discourse and advocacy is a testament to the fact that there is no monolithic gender system that exists in any given society.

Pandora's Vinyl: Tame Impala’s The Slow Rush is a kaleidoscopic meditation on time and its relentless passage.

The image of families clawing through rubble while awaiting aid—aid that never arrived—is not merely a tragic snapshot of natural disaster. It is the image of a political failure: the state’s inability—and unwillingness—to care for its people.

Pandora's Vinyl: Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine is a reckoning and a reclamation.

The metaphor of grass, flowers, and seeds frequently appears in literature, especially poetry—sometimes as a political statement or merely a