We have slowly started blurring lines between a hero and a celebrity – a celebrity is not necessarily a hero, and a hero is not necessarily a celebrity but now that these two worlds are colliding I wonder who gets to be called a hero?
Author: darshitajain
artist | poet | journalist | human
Breathing easy while dancing: The Green Mill, Chicago
Lists have been promoted from a guest star to a plot-regular in my life lately. There was always someplace to go, somewhere to be and something to get done. My world looks like a dizzying blur. Consuming one thing after another, without waiting to swallow. No wonder my body is nauseated more often than not….
Beautiful Boy : Tragedy without Catharsis
Beautiful boy gets what it means to live with someone with an addiction right.
Monumentalism and Representation of Women across monuments : Erasure and the Subliminal Impact
An ‘imagined identity’ which had the opportunity to make humans out of us all, chose to ‘stand erect’, literally. Declaring openly in 1890, Germany’s Otto Bismarck himself said the following while considering the figure of Germania as the monumental symbol for the United Germany. “I don’t find the figure of Germania appropriate. A female being…
We Are In Depression But We Are Not Depressed: Charles White, A Retrospective
Charles White, A Retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago was a unique glimpse into humanising and giving grace and dignity to the black lives.
Exhale …
It has been two years since my journey with Spoken word Poetry began. More than 7 years since my recognition of my declining mental health did. Speaking about it, did not begin in the first 5 years. Neither did acknowledging it exists, so any prospects of help or medication was certainly out of question. I…
The Unabashed Endearing Vulnerability of Call me By your Name
I have to admit, I havn’t explored director Luca Guadagnino’s work before. But I have read the book Call me By your Name, so watching the movie was something I was dreading. But imagine my surprise when I came across a movie that made me forget to actually compare it to the book. (that, never…
Stranger Things 2 : What A Beauty
If you thought Stranger Things 1 had you on your toes and edge of your seats, wait till you begin this season. It smart, its nostalgic, its emotional, and its even more crazy than you’d have imagined!
My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story
Sue Klebold talks about her journey and looking at son Dylan Klebold, infamous for the mass murder at the Columbine High school as human above anything else.
