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by Sharan Ahluwalia

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Author: Sharan Ahluwalia

I like to curate poetry, thought-pieces and other forms of verbal-visual expressions. I am a full-time social worker, part-time poet and educator, and breathing-walking repository of one-liners, often breaking into songs without my own will or consciousness.

AKvsAK – Bollywood finally goes Kafkaesque

“Mera ek hi dharam hai, Cinema! Jeena yahan aur marna yahan” – AK (I’ll keep you guessing which one though) … More

2020, AKvsAK, Bollywood, cinema, Netflix

The Black Mirror Has Finally Cracked

With the recent protests against the CAA and NRC, we are witnessing first-hand, the implications of a state controlled and centralised fifth estate in India.

antiCAA, Delhi, India, internet, internetshutdown, Internetshutdowns, protests, UttarPradesh

No Dialogue between India and Pakistan during SCO is a Missed Opportunity

No dialogue between Mr Modi and his counterpart, Mr Khan at the recent SCO summit in Bishkek is a missed opportunity. Yesterday, as India and Pakistan united for the World Cup, the two nations must unite beyond the playground, now more than ever, to address the global issue of terrorism.

India, indiavspakistan, pakistan, politics, terrorism, war on terror

Game of Thrones and International Affairs: Lessons for the Realpolitik World

What goes up, must come down. It’s a law of nature. Like all good things that come to an end, it is time to conclude a chapter that transpired over 8 long beautiful years. Now that we have entered into the final hours of the last bloody Monday we will ever encounter as a global audience, here are my two Lannister cents.

GameofThrones, GeorgeRRMartin, GOT, Hollywood, InternationalAffairs

Come for Our Mother

As Greta Thunberg claims, “it’s not a change anymore, it’s a climate breakdown.” This mother’s day, I write in honour of the one who birthed us all, Mother Earth!

climatecrisis, climatemergency, earth, mothersday, Poetry

Wet and Low

When people don’t just leave you high and dry!

poems, Poetry, strangers, tinderstories

“Aaj ki Sweetu, Kal ki MeToo”- The Dream of a Men’s Commission at ADHM

With the rise of Metoo and TimesUp movements, there is an alternative rising demanding for men’s commission and men’s right.

airtel, gender, India, marathon, metoo

I’ll Be Blackin’ out with the Purest: A Movie Review

Marvel Universe Basks in Glory of the Revolutionary Black Panther

Africa, Black Panther, culture, Hollywood, Kendrick Lamar, Marvel, movie, review, Ryan Coogler, society

Black Dog

On World Mental Health Day 2017, let’s confront our inner Black Dogs.

Depression, Health, MentalHealth, Poetry, World Mental Health Day

Lipstick under my Burkha is a Soft Porn-Film

Lipstick under my Burkha validates how India looks at its Marital Rape Clause. (A movie review)

Bollywood, India, maritalrape, moviereview, Section375

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