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Zoheb Mashiur

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The West, FIFA and Us: We're all being hypocritical about the World Cup

Pro-migrant, anticolonial discourse has been weaponised to support Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup
1 December 2022, 14:30 PM
1 December 2022, 14:30 PM
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Mermaids aren’t real, and neither is race

Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
11 October 2022, 12:00 PM
11 October 2022, 12:00 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: NON-FICTION / Declan Walsh's 'The Nine Lives of Pakistan': A journalist explains the country that banished him

In the middle of an Islamabad night, just before the Pakistan election of 2013, the Irish journalist Declan Walsh was visited by “angels”.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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COMIC REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY 2021 / An anarchist retelling of Tintin

The globetrotting hero-reporter, he of the blonde quiff and the plus four trousers, had many an adventure throughout a 46-year-long run under
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Revisiting the only book written by an Indian about the Indian soldiers of WWI

Tens of thousands of men sailed across the ocean to a land they’d never before heard the name of. They fought long and hard, in the world’s
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Dead Can’t Dance

The death’s head is panther-stalking her through the party. Bodies washed in neon pink ebb and flow, sinking and rising from the shadows as light thrums.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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The trap of Re-Orientalism

“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” wrote Rudyard Kipling, a man with a silly name who only had a career because West met East and immediately mugged it, running off with wallet, shoes and pants. Through Kipling’s pen, the British
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Fiction / World’s marrow

The old demon king was named Jael and he had a hunger for meat.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Tiger's Nest

The Climb to Tiger's Nest

Tiger's Nest, more properly known as Taktsang Palphug Monastery or Paro Taktsang, is the most well-known of the many pit-stops...
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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The Hottest Trend in Medieval Japan

“Hereafter, the guns will be the most important arms. Therefore decrease the number of spears per unit, and have your most capable men carry guns.”
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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All Them Witches Brewing Magic

The third studio album by Tennessee four-piece, All Them Witches is their most confident work to date.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Haile Selassie

KING OF KINGS: The Life and Death of Haile Selassie I

You ever have those mornings when you wake up to people thinking you're Jesus?
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM
And Then There Were None

One of Us is the Killer

And Then There Were None is the quintessential murder mystery. It remains Agatha Christie's finest work: elegant in its premise...
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Sherlock

An Abominable Mess

If you haven't yet seen the special episode of Sherlock that came out on January 1, don't read past this paragraph. What will follow is a spoiler-heavy analysis...
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan: Rocketman

Imagine you're a young Scotsman. You took a job as a security guard for a multinational corporation operating in India, because it's...
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Tabula Rasa

TABULA RASA

“Now the man of the hour is taking his final bow.” -- Pearl Jam, 'Man of the Hour'
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM
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What your Qurbani animal says about you

During this time of the year, you're only as memorable as your cow or goat.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Close your eyes

E01: It's a Boy!

It was a bizarre little ad, and one Paul Wickens wouldn't have taken seriously if the press hadn't been covering Tabula Rasa so obsessively.
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Kingdom

MAJESTY: THE FANTASY KINGDOM SIM

The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, The Witcher… excellent franchises that let you run around on epic quests in fantasy worlds.
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Stormy-eyed

Thunder-witch.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Horse

PALE RIDER

Torin was riding home from the war, carrying with him his papers of discharge and some silver.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Games

Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series

This is an interesting game to review insofar as I really like it but the things I have to say about it will probably discourage people from getting it.
4 March 2015, 18:00 PM
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