Counter Arts

One last walk through the city

Classified as a complex author, his novels are the perfect example of a work that explores the limits of what it means to be human and its…

A nostalgic ritual turned cultural X-ray — examining the alien blockbuster that shaped our Fourths and reflected more than we realized.

This is how a lifetime of reading taught me to listen when stories whisper back.

When a film wants to be a movie

Experiments show that people learn best when they handle objects.

Mirrored echoes of ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) by Mary Shelley

Exploring the forgotten archives of animation, I am not sure I’ll ever know

What people mistake for censorship is often just criticism

An exploration of the Earth‘s geological past.

The introduction of this iconic Clint Eastwood character is pitch perfect

A tribute to two pillars of Indian modern art who shaped our national identity through bronze and brush

What can Korean drama tell us about phenomena beyond our experience

I wonder if Dr. Faust, one of Western literature’s dearest protagonists, was caught…

A sentimental journey through an abundantly wonderful life

Really? Is this how you uplift women’s rights?

A time when rabble-rousers travelled from town to town

The blood sacrifices of Edvard Munch

From vision to virality — how algorithms are reshaping our cities quicker than you think.

Though hackneyed, the story was believable, and the protagonists made ‘This Time Next Year’ (2024) quite pleasant. (Some spoilers…

This is my story of how independence in the US showed me freedom, but connection in India revealed true meaning.

Kajol’s one-woman supernatural revenge saga has menace perpetually lurking in the shadows, posing a pertinent question: Who really is a…

Bodleian’s lost manuscript that blurs myth, fiction, and reality.

Old Bessemer Road, full of ghosts