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Partitions: a need to shift our perspectives
Partition Series, part 2 It has always struck me as both puzzling and ironic that throughout history, humans worldwide have sought justifications for creating territorial partitions among themselves based on seemingly trivial identity distinctions. What truly puzzles me is not the creation of such territories based on minor identity differences per se as I recognize…
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Partitions: an illusion of peace
Partition Series, part 1 Partition. Division into parts. The mere utterance of the word ‘partition’ carries with it an undeniable weight of profound sadness, doesn’t it? Though I imagine that the answer to my question for some people would be ‘no’, and that would be enough to show that our histories perhaps diverge in the…
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The Danger of Uncritical Solidarity
I woke up this morning, and of course the first thing I did was open up my Instagram feed, hoping that maybe, just maybe, I’d see some good news first before the usual flood of chaos. But I guess these days that’s a lot to ask for (or maybe I should be questioning what my…
Anushka Das 