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The Hollywood-ification of Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a tragic tale about love in a rigid society and how it shapes the ideals of the young people who inhabit it. The novel features complex, flawed characters, all bitter about their world, acting out through increasingly cruel means. At its heart, the novel is a haunting exploration of unchecked […]

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Is Every Choice Feminist? The Politics Behind ‘Her Choice’

In today’s segment of “Twin It to Win It”, find the similarities between Sydney Sweeney, Kim Kardashian, Erika Kirk, and Nora Fatehi. This list may seem odd, but all of the above personalities share a similar trait in common. Ding ding ding, Yes, you guessed it right- they are all feminist icons! All the above […]

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A System Built to Forget People: The  Machinery of ICE

At 3:12 a.m., he was transferred from one detention facility to another. If you open the government record, that moment appears clean and controlled: a recorded time, a new location, and a line confirming a transfer. What the record leaves out is his earlier request for medical attention, his family’s hope that he might finally […]

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Rewriting the Script: Is Bollywood Aligning With a New Cultural Order?

On February 7, 2026, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) hosted a two-day centenary celebration at Mumbai’s Nehru Centre Auditorium. The event drew widespread attention as Bollywood actors and filmmakers, including Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan, Subhash Ghai, Vicky Kaushal, Karan Johar, and Akshay Kumar, graced the occasion. ​Headed by Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS is an Indian […]

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Love in the Age of the Algorithm

It appears to me that in this era of social media and Influencers, almost anything can be packaged, romanticised, and sold. Or perhaps, the real product is not love, but the audience who believes everything on the screen to be true, or at least something worth aspiring to. As it is, I know I am […]

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From Protection to Policing: Examining Bajrang Dal’s role in the Public Sphere

Bajrang Dal, founded in 1984, describes itself as a Hindu youth organisation that works towards the protection of religious values, cultural services, and social work. Officially, the organisation claims to engage in ‘constructive activities’ such as maintaining temples and order during religious gatherings, protecting sacred animals like cows and providing relief during any climate. Unfortunately, […]

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Inside the 2026 UGC Equity Guidelines: Law, Fear, and the Student Backlash

On January 13th, 2026, the University Grants Commission issued a notification, officially known as the Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions, aimed at strengthening the 2012 guidelines. The Supreme Court said that these guidelines are not being implemented by the universities, and there is no fast-track action. The revised guidelines came into existence in […]

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PUNJABI AA GAYE OYE! From Regional Sound to Stadium Spectacle

If Bollywood once measured success by the box office, Gen Z, like always, has a different scale: sold-out nights, Instagram flexes, and how loudly a crowd screams the lyrics in a language that has been termed “niche” by the mainstream for a long time. I must confess, there is something deeply unserious about the Indian […]

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