October 2020 - The Riptide

Morocco’s Gamble In Western Sahara

By Rayomand Bhacka

Years into the conflicted state of the Kingdom of Morocco, take a glance at the heated Saharan dispute.

Deconstructing Weegee: Capturing Urban Disorder in New York City

By Vasundhara Singh

Look at this famous photographer through Vasundhara Singh’s lens as he turned victims of crime scenes into art.

Real Life: Reel Stories

By Rhea Sabherwal

When the occasional realistic and believable movie comes along, we shouldn’t forget to appreciate it. This is a list of 5 must-watch biopics made in Bollywood.

Grandma

By Devi Dang

A poem dedicated to a grandmother: the pillar of a monument called family.

Reel/Real

By Hues_n_Blues

Real vs. Reel takes a new meaning with this poem, based on the version of you known by everybody-and-nobody.

Love’s Broken Symmetry

By Nisha Joshi

Love left me aghast, with my frozen heart in my hands, which I willingly smashed into so many pieces that I don’t think I’ll ever really get around to putting them all back together.

Is It Really Me?

By Ekasmayi Naresh

A poem on crossing the revolving door of real and reel, into the cloakroom of existence by a vivid dreamer.

There is a fine line between ‘cutesy’ spooky and intimidating which most shows have never attempted to cross. Although, one cartoon network show portraying a little pink dog as a protagonist threw all that out of the window.

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