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Note: What follows is one of my earliest essays during my undergraduate degree (December 2, 2022). Where did the indie bands Thaikkudam Bridge and Masala Coffee come from? When and where was their big break? Unlike times of the past, Indie Music has today become a very mainstream category. So what changed? In this paper, I will answer that question in the context of South Indian Indie Music. The rise of independent musicians in the south of the subcontinent coincides with the

Community Arts Facilitation - Final Video log Monday, 25 November 2024, 12:00 AM

Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:24 PM What follows is my response to a prompt on my experiences in Arts Education field practice. I am a person who has always wanted to be a learner first all my life. It’s necessary for my life now as I am a student but with respect to my personal interests, it has always been the case. These personal areas of interests of mine are English (language and literature), Education, Computer Programming and Music. English is a subject that I’ve been lea

A GIS project by Anugrah as part of his undergraduate degree.

“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?” (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3, KJV) The above declaration that opens the book of Ecclesiastes captures the human anxiety that all the pursuits of man, such as wealth, comfort, goods, are fundamentally meaningless. This primal and persistent fear of the emptiness of human efforts has existed before this theological text and continues in

The etymology of the word ‘cap’ and its counterpart ‘no cap’ illustrates a significant evolution in modern slang, particularly in music and youth culture. The English lexicon is a constantly changing one and it is driven largely by social media and popular culture in the modern day. What was once confined to the people of an American city have today become ubiquitous, especially among younger generations. While these terms might seem recent to the average gen-z social media u

What life awaits the poet dreamer, if change grew within, not lacking? How would I have turned out, if elders stuck not to times older?...

Written by Anugrah and Deekshitha The yellow tree in front of darshini was my only source of happiness. It sang with the noise of crowds...

feels to me: the bricks tied around spread to break - air feels to me noise spike the innermost drums and b r e a k the strongest snare...

Months pass as your thoughts drown me low Unclear sights tarnish this fiery flow To be as I, entrapped. Cleaved dreams collapsed. Give me...

The grass rotting by, smell his surprise When rain draining shows, his end coming surely As trees grow behind, its leaves bid goodbye...

John Clare and Robert Burns occupy a distinctive position in the Romantic tradition, deeply rooted in the rural and lived experiences of...