Archive - culture hawker

The Recrudescence of Inertia

Mundanity, immersion and Koberidze's "Let the Summer Never Come Again"

Jun 25 •

May 2025

The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

On Nirad C. Chadhuri, imperial education, and the unfinished genesis of the Imagination

May 5 •

April 2025

On Ritwik Ghatak and Payal Kapadia

Apr 2 •

November 2024

Luminescence and the marking of time

Reflections on Diwali

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

Industry, Crisis, Prurience

On Season 3 of Industry

Oct 27, 2024 •

June 2024

Islands and Images

On Holidays, Palimpsests and Educations

Jun 28, 2024 •

Hanif Kureishi: Writing the Self

I wrote about Hanif Kureishi's Buddha of Suburbia last year and have been thinking about him for some time, partly as a result of his increased profile…

Jun 7, 2024 •

April 2024

On Dune and reading and watching

I grew up reading Dune. I read a lot of them, including the prequels Frank Herbert's son and Kevin J Anderson cooked up. I read a lot of sci fi in…

Apr 22, 2024 •

March 2024

Skin Rash Irritant Convalescent Vacuum

Itchiness had slowly crept up on me; across my torso, along the arms and folds reddened bumps grew. It was irritating, but not wholly worrying as no…

Mar 20, 2024 •

February 2024

They kicked Roy out

Assembly and Ambivalence

Feb 19, 2024 •

Peep Show, social crisis etc

Feb 14, 2024 •

January 2024

Black Noise/Brown Noise

Neil Kulkarni's Unhinged Erudition

Jan 26, 2024 •

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