In a world where innovation is the default setting and creativity is currency, artists are voluntarily opting for non-conventional ways of displaying art—digital exhibitions, interactive spaces, self-publishing, Instagram galleries, etc. With this shift towards breaking out of traditional institutions rather than breaking in, creators seem to be finding solace in the autonomy that non-traditional institutions introduce, and the question of where art belongs has never been mor

Every Sunday, I retreat to my terrace, where time softens and the world slows. Among the trees, I unlearn the urgency capitalism demands and remember what it means to simply exist. Inspired by Sumana Roy’s concept of ‘Tree Time,’ this piece reflects on stillness as a radical act—an invitation to resist the ticking clock and embrace a gentler, cyclical rhythm of life, where being, not doing, is enough.

Feminism, long before the first wave, manifested itself in the small village roads on the banks of the river Chenab. These manifestations continue to resonate through Punjab’s tradition of storytelling, termed Qissas, meaning ‘stories’.

Are you a ‘trad wife’, ‘sapphic’, or ‘enby’? As in gameplay, social media has the liberatory effect of being an open realm of possibilities.

One needs to explore how the discourse around “saving” Muslim women, in particular, often comes from a colonial, culturally superior gaze that strips them of their agency. Instead, by using the distinct lens of radical films like Joyland and Seed of the Sacred Fig, we see how gender, sexuality, artistic expression and resistance take shape in very specific cultural and political realities.

Third spaces can very organically turn into civic spaces, as civic spaces are the environments that “enable civil society to play a role in the political, economic, and social well-being of our societies, particularly by contributing to policy-making that affects their lives”, according to the OHCHR. The nature of third spaces encourages free-flowing discussion, including that of politics, making them de facto civic spaces. 

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.

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

This piece was originally published in the November 2024 issue  of Pandora Curated. In the aftermath of the devastating four-year Khmer...

400 days into a brutal genocide of the Palestinian people, with testimonials of the survivors in Gaza growing more horrifying every day, Isr

Three hundred families—more than a thousand people—left their homes of over a  century when they evacuated a sinking Gardi Sugdub to the coa

For generations, the Gurung community in central Nepal has engaged in the ancient and perilous tradition of honey hunting. This practice, wh

The use of music to voice political concerns is not a novel concept. The sphere of music was just as much a catalyst for change in the past

Photography is always a deliberate act. One of including and excluding, of focusing and defocusing. Of picking and cropping, colouring, fix

Walk through the main roads of any metropolitan-esque city and the playful slashes of graffiti will welcome you, burgeoning in colour on the

Climate change’s disproportionate impact on poorer neighbourhoods

The concept of “beauty products” has been around for thousands of years. From castor oil balm by ancient Egyptians to skin creams by the...

The pervasion of the colonial attitude into literary texts is evident in Dickens’s sophisticated prose with its acerbic imperialist underton

“126 homosexuals fired from the state department”, “Dr Luther King is shot dead”, “17 reds captured” and “How to spot a possible homo”, all

Townie crescendos into its last verse and the overwhelming instrumentals deepen the lyrics as Mitski pronounces, “I’m gonna be what my body

In an age that exalts the value of consumption to an egregiously high pedestal, the consequences of purchasing clothing have become increasi

East Asian cultural appropriation has been living under a veneer of acceptability for centuries. Let's break it down.