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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 Modern Obsession with Claiming Culture Retroactively
This All Started with an Instagram Comment Two weeks ago, I came across an Instagram reel where a creator (Zoha Malik) was talking about a healthier version of Malai Kulfi that she had come up with. From the accent you could tell she was American Desi. At one point, she referred to Malai Kulfi as…
Anushka Das 