From Our Eyes To Yours: Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note: From Our Eyes To Yours Editor’s Note: From Our Eyes To Yours We all know what it’s like to be looked at. Some are loving, others malicious and menacing. All forms of media, ranging from literature to music and cinema, have their own defining works detailing as such: Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena, […]

The Social Gaze: On Watching and Being Watched

The Social Gaze: On Watching and Being Watched The Social Gaze: On Watching and Being Watched “Today everything exists to end in a photograph.”  – Susan Sontag, On Photography Sontag’s remarks were deemed controversial in the late 70s. In the digital age of image saturation, however, she’s the disseminator of the gospel truth. Everything today […]

Partition and the Indian Muslim – An Analysis of ‘Garam Hava

Partition and the Indian Muslim – An Analysis of ‘Garam Hava’ Note: The events in the review are not arranged chronologically, but thematically. Taqseem hua mulk toh dil ho gaye tukde;Har seene mai toofan wahan bhi tha, yahan bhi…Har ghar mai chita jalti thi; lehrate the sholay,Har shaher mai shamshan waha bhi tha, yaha bhi…Gita […]

In The Looking Glass

In The Looking Glass In The Looking Glass (TW: Suicidal ideation) 1. There’s a mirror hung up on the wall. Did you know Medusa was cursed to never look people in the eye? What a tragedy – don’t you think she craves eye contact? All she wanted was to be seen. After centuries of lingering […]