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
1y ago
Mermaids aren’t real, and neither is race
Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
2y ago
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”.
3y ago
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
3y ago
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
4y ago
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.
5y ago
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
5y ago
July 27, 2017
Suicide and irresponsible speech
In the aftermath of someone's suicide it is inevitable that those left behind will comment.
June 15, 2017
City of Magic
Risking his life Shakfat looked down at the street below him. It was a solid mass of cars, buses, giants, autorickshaws and a petni's bot gachh fitted with wheels.
June 10, 2017
Everything you don't know is a lie
Using the powers of malicious stupidity you can avoid all of these confusing, upsetting thoughts and events that force you to criticise and develop yourself. All you have to do is convince yourself that everything that challenges your views is a lie.
June 1, 2017
What robots tell us about ourselves
When writing about robots, it's almost a reflex to begin by referring to them as an enduring science fiction trope – momentarily
June 1, 2017
Zen and the Art of Kung Fu Angels
"Pree Ashma. Yis-Asram, the Blooded One. Yis-Prama, Hansa and Prat Pavam, who temper my heart. Yisun Atru Vyam. Forgive me for this violence I am about to inflict.”
May 11, 2017
WE'RE ALL PROPAGANDISTS
If you're anything like me – alive and on social media – you've seen your fair share of people dissatisfied with modern life and the people who live it.
May 4, 2017
SUPERSTAR
The managing editor's real name is Vikram and there are rumours that the corpse of the last person to have addressed him by it was found in a canal.
May 4, 2017
Time to try Heroes of the Storm
Despite having provided the medium for the classic MOBA model as codified in DotA, Blizzard has elected to shy away from imitating this template.
April 27, 2017
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY
There's this funny thing people do where they attempt to put themselves forward as intellectually superior but instead come off as silly and sad.
April 20, 2017
Worldbuilding with Dhaka
Dhaka city can provide a wealth of inspiration for science fiction and fantasy.
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