culture | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/culture/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:57:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 The Decade of the Indian Internet Novel https://helterskelter.in/2024/08/the-decade-of-the-indian-internet-novel/ https://helterskelter.in/2024/08/the-decade-of-the-indian-internet-novel/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:50:53 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13820 Not only is the Internet Novel in India an experiment with contemporary form, but also a sign of a difficult political moment. 

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2021/06/women-dreaming-salma-meena-kandasamy-book-review/feed/ 0 An Ode to Disappearing Terraces https://helterskelter.in/2021/01/an-ode-to-disappearing-terraces/ https://helterskelter.in/2021/01/an-ode-to-disappearing-terraces/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:12:18 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13053 Terraces seem like a small sacrifice to make in the face of rapid development, and balconies are now presented as the alternative to terraces. Seriously, who are we kidding?

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2021/01/an-ode-to-disappearing-terraces/feed/ 0 A Eulogy for My Royal Blue Botanical Pyjama Set https://helterskelter.in/2020/09/a-eulogy-for-my-royal-blue-botanical-pyjama-set/ https://helterskelter.in/2020/09/a-eulogy-for-my-royal-blue-botanical-pyjama-set/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:13:55 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=12985 Each time I folded the collar of my shirt, it felt like I had dog-eared the day and marked its existence in my mental journal of lockdown memories.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2020/09/a-eulogy-for-my-royal-blue-botanical-pyjama-set/feed/ 0 The Baby-Sitters Club https://helterskelter.in/2020/08/the-baby-sitters-club-netflix-india/ https://helterskelter.in/2020/08/the-baby-sitters-club-netflix-india/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:03:35 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=12903 Watching The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix takes an author back to reading the series of books while growing up in early-2000s Calcutta.

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