Masterchef Australia, the Australian adaptation of the original British Masterchef, completed 12 seasons in 2020 and has recently teased its new season on Instagram. It is an opportunity for amateur home cooks to participate and potentially win prize money, a…
The wind smells of earth. It has started raining; the only time I resent rain. We are supposed to collect his ashes, but fire and water usually don’t match, so we wait inside. His room is immaculate as always and…
Dear Maggi, You probably already know this, but I need you. You bring my family together. You make sleepovers even more exciting. You are the ultimate midnight snack. You are the two-minute comfort every person needs. When they announced that…
Sometime, in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, William Cobbett, a journalist, wrote “Without bread all is misery.” Today, more than half a century later, I would like to honour his legacy by telling the world about the wonder…
“I think she has a milk allergy. You should stop eating all dairy products for 3 months”. When I was seven years old, I was diagnosed with a milk allergy. At the moment, it didn’t seem like a big issue.…
Paint the Town “Read” Chapter 4: Food Symbolism in Literature – The Flavour in Storytelling – Food is often associated with memories, feelings and emotions. Sugar and spices tickle our tastebuds not just with flavours but also with nostalgia and…
During my stay at my grandparents’ place, my seven-year-old self would climb up onto the kitchen slab in the evening, while my grandmother prepared snacks for me— some plain old Tiger biscuits sandwiched together with cream and a simple toast…
Food is the substantial basis of life: shocker. If given a rather Gen-Z twist to this mainstream definition, food can be defined as the sole reason why certain people attend parties and/or weddings. I was brought up vegetarian, something I’ll…
What makes your world go round? The bourgeois would point to money. Hopeless romantics would claim it to be love. I, an avid bibliophile in her teens, would plead my case in favour of fiction novels. But alas, I doubt…
Finally! Her letter is here. I was waiting for it for the past 3 days. Before the pandemic, Reshma had visited all these popular countries, kind of like a world tour, to gather information about different cultures, ethnicities, and most…
“Watching the sun making way for the dark clouds, you anticipate the arrival of rain. Grooving to the beat of your new favourite song blasting in the kitchen, you reach for the cupboard and take out the packet of Maggi…
Rant 1: Things like biryani, keema, kabab are supposed to be non-vegetarian, it’s in their description. This is the same case with many other cuisines, for example, vegetarian lasagne. A lasagne is made from thin sheets of pasta, cheese and…
Words. Lately, the only thing that is running through our minds, But the only thing we are running out of these days. Thoughts, The one thing that has been going through our heads all day, Despite the emptiness of…
There are two varieties of art crime: art theft, and art forgery. You could ask: Why should anyone care about art crime? Well, believe it or not, stolen art is often used as currency by terrorist organizations. Experts estimate that…
“It’s a time of firsts,” something that we hear almost every day now or find us saying to ourselves each day. Most mornings have now become peaceful yet the world is in chaos, the air is unsullied yet we have to…
July 10th Dear Diary, The landowners came in today. As I stood in one corner of the café, I could feel a thousand emotions flowing through my body at once— nostalgia, anguish, delight, uncertainty and friendship (well, lost friendship). My worst…
Paint the Town “Read” Chapter 3: Historical Fiction — The Legacies We Leave Behind – “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” – Anais Nin History is much, much more than the facts…
I can never get over how an insignificant choice in my past changed the course of someone’s life. I climbed up the stairwell on the bus, its steps steeper than my pencil skirt could permit. As soon as I…
The quote, “After the event, even a fool is wise” by Homer, is very appropriate and relevant, especially in these tumultuous times where everything is chaotic and in a mess. Man has always been selfish and to fulfil his desires,…
31st December, 2019: Hazy lights. People jostling. Loud music. Iconic venue. Famous Orchestra. “5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Happy New Year!” There was a newfound hope in the air, the smell of roses, and well, overwhelming deodorants. I was wearing…
Disclaimer: The theories presented in this write-up are through the eyes of the writer and do not represent the views of the magazine. The purpose of this article is to only analyse the event. “The possibility of a murder…
Sugar melts like it’s meant to be with water, One of those love stories, The ones which fill your bleeding heart with laughter. I was so young when I dedicated my life to uncanny words, Naïve fiction came to…
A step and then another, I gathered myself and pulled up further, To mountains that lay ahead, And nothing more that needs to be said. But days until the day, When the eyes finally met the array, Before I…
20th December, Sunday, 2:30pm Lo and behold! This piece of metal and wires has suddenly stopped working. It has given up on life, and that too out of nowhere. Never have I ever exhausted it (okay, maybe while watching a…
“I argue that we choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them with dignity. Simply put, we are not in this alone.” — Chidi Anagonye, 2×03, Somewhere Else In 2016,…
BULBBUL– A petrifying visual spectacle/A breathtakingly sinister revenge In 2020, we witnessed a dark, gripping and thought-provoking fantasy tale in the form of Netflix’s Bulbbul. Earlier this year, I came across a video by the YouTube channel “Long Live Cinema”,…
That particular school building had always been a mystery. Rumours surrounded it, resulting in multiple stories circulating among the students like folklore among ancient villages. Although similar in appearance to the rest of the school, it stood at the far…
Paint the Town “Read” Chapter 2: High Fantasy vs. Low Fantasy — a Detailed Guide – “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” – Lloyd Alexander The magic, the world-building, the sweeping romances and…
A line. A simple word, yet so many connotations. A simple stroke of the brush that later gives birth to creative masterpieces, a phrase that stands out in a poetic verse or a limit set in stone, one that must…
“A world a person perceives is filtered by their own fantasy and paranoia” – Satoshi Kon From the mind of one of the most lauded creators of Japanese animation, Paranoia Agent is the story of a city terrorized by…
There is a wave of creators and consumers dipping into the rich well of Hindu mythology that never seems to dry. Hindu mythology has continued to remain a favoured trope across mediums and genres in Indian popular culture. A similar…
“It’s beautiful,” he told himself. With nothing but hope in his heart, John finally swayed into the surreal, cosmic place he had always dreamt about. His heartbeat was so elevated at the sight of it that he wasn’t even afraid of the…
Welcome to zombie culture! No, it does not refer to a culture where people cosplay with fake blood or have fangs in place of their canine teeth. It refers to the modern-day world. The present; where people exhibit thoughtlessness, unfocused…
Sirius Black is trying to fly away with Buckbeak to escape the dementors. What happens next is quite ironical… As Black rose higher and higher into the air, sitting on the magnificent flying creature, with its gloriously large wings…
This story is a continuation of the show “Lucifer”, from where it left off season 5. Beware of potential spoilers. “It is quite suffocating here.” Being in a storage room with my kidnapper’s identical twin wasn’t something I was…
About the Series “I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book” – J.K. Rowling Here’s what I believe; every person has that one book which sings to the rhythm of their soul and speaks…
‘One fear to rule them all, one fear to find them, one fear to bring them all and in the black box bind them.’ This statement from Tolkien’s text (1954) This statement from Tolkien’s text (1954) establishes a good foothold…
Nestled amongst great pines and deodars, stands the Savoy. Even a glance of its grandeur strikes a feeling of awe. Its gleaming white walls stand tall and proud, the European-esque architecture reminds us of its history. The Savoy is a…
October 11, 1492: Christopher Columbus and his crew see a candle-like light which rises and lifts up. 1918: A Navy cargo ship with 300 men and 10000 ton of manganese disappeared between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay without sending a…
Where do we come from, where do we go? The contents of this small article deal with the nature of our universe, and where it’s heading. As odd as it might sound, this theory was popularized by a mobster…
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