I was staring out the window into the night, lit by the dim, almost romantic street lights, watching the nightlife from the top of my tower where I’ve chosen...
I was sitting in a hotel room with my father, still buzzing from the fun of a family night out, when Boris Johnson announced that ‘we should be prepared...
Fine dining doesn’t necessarily come to mind when people think about African food. Our continent’s food is one of the least explored globally, and it is rare to find...
Decolonization is about understanding that our realities, and everything we consider the norm and acceptable, are made up by westernisation. Our idea of fun, families, economics and even love...
Kush, Maryjane, Reefer, Pot, and Grass are a few of the many names for the controversial drug cannabis. For some, cannabis is a Godsend, a natural plant helping people...
This article is mainly a compilation of works and essays from Alok Vaid Menon. I cringe and flinch every time I hear statements like “be a man”, “man up”,...
I think it’s about time we had this conversation. What happens when we treat culture as immutable? Society fails to develop; people cannot evolve, forcing everyone to adapt their...
PART 1 AVAILABLE HERE PART TWO: Religion and suffering ‘Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions....
“A religion that would be universal does not and cannot exist because any and every religion necessarily expresses a particular experience and worldview.” -Amen-Ra This argument has been made...
*[Please note that the author speaks mainly about Christianity because this is what the author has had a personal connection to. It is also the largest religion in the...
I…am a Christian Descendant of God himself, I get on my knees every night and recite 10 Our Fathers but 1 Hail Mary I fight the good fight. I...
It all started on the day you screamed in discomfort the minute your mother pushed you out into the fluorescent light of the hospital room. First, you were given...
“They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished or remote populations. It can happen to anyone”. This...
The belief that the world would be safer and risks minimized if identities could be fixed in one position has gained popularity. We must however understand that migration policies...
Cancel culture is a polarising topic. For some, it has gone too far and stifles free speech. In a scathing response to being criticised for allegedly transphobic comments, author...