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Zarah Noorani
- Mar 15
- 4 min
Sahirah from The Block - In conversation with Sahirah Oshidar about her latest release, 'Juicy'!
In conversation with Sahirah Oshidar talking about her latest release, Juicy! Sahirah is an artist born and raised in Mumbai, India and...
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Zarah Noorani
- Jan 7
- 2 min
Love, Vulnerability and All That Life brings: Aakash Mehta's "What a Life"
You know, there were several ways I thought I could open this feature article with - but none came close to the truth. I am now coming to...
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The Open Close magazine
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Undeniable Romance Of Eating The Rich | Dirty Laundry by Nida Naeem
Disillusionment is readily accessible like never before. Growing frustration with the inefficacy of the powers that be, exacerbated by...
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The Open Close magazine
- Jul 11, 2021
- 3 min
I Could Be Your Indie Girl | Dirty Laundry by Nida Naeem
Your taste in pop culture cannot be a substitute for your personality. Or can it? For someone who turns her nose up at The Office fanboys...
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Zarah Noorani
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
INTERVIEW: OneOff- celebrating Somerset, a collection that combines nostalgic summers with artistry
It is no secret that we at the OC magazine are perennially heart-eyes for small/local/handcrafted businesses.
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The Open Close magazine
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
#GirlPower: The ever-changing relationship between social media and feminist activism
TW: Sexual abuse, sexual assault Written by Charlotte India Howard (@ccindiez) Featured image by Lucy Nicholson (@lucynic) With both...
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Zarah Noorani
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
NFTs and Art as a A Way to Tell One's Story - an interview with Kshitij Gupta
NFT’s have often been a playground for debate and discussion (call it what you will) for art lovers and spectators alike.
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Zarah Noorani
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Real-Talk: Growing Up, Love, and Cringy Teenage Blogs
Let’s get real. I had such flying ideas for this column, as I do for so many other things. Needless to say, with great ideas comes a...
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Manya Singh
- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
Post-Truth Politics, and The Fiction of Choosing Your Own Reality
The description of political life today can easily be summed up as an accurate idea of what post-truth is. The narrative that post-truth...
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Asiya Anwar
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Dreams Don’t Die Young : In Conversation with Siddharth Bedi on Filmmaking and Dreams
Shot exceptionally on a mobile phone in addition to other equipment by the competent independent filmmaker Siddharth Bedi and featuring...
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Tanvi Dugar
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
OC Book Club Recommends: Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Ways of Seeing is an essay on European aestheticism, where John Berger argues and critically provokes readers & viewers to think beyond...
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The Open Close magazine
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Upcoming Releases this week: Movies, Music and Art (November 30th to December 6th)
As the new week rolls in, here's a list of upcoming releases in music, movies, art and more - curated by the OC, just for you.
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The Open Close magazine
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
OC Book Club Recommends: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Written by Asiya Anwar Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen treads far beyond the standard horizons of an ordinary, mushy Young Adult read....
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The Open Close magazine
- Nov 11, 2020
- 5 min
The Twice-Born: Caste and Identity for the English-Urban South Asian
Aastha Gupta, in this piece, talks about her notes from reading The Twice-Born by Aatish Taseer.
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The Open Close magazine
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Nothing Is Truly Apolitical Especially In An Ever-Changing Economy
OC's contributing writer Asiya Anwar writes about the importance of taking a stand for communal amity within the media. Read on!
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Abhijith Rajagopalan
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd: Decoding The Song
Renowned for it's remarkable guitar Solos and writing, here's a breakdown of One of Pink Floyd's greatest creations.
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Abhijith Rajagopalan
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen: Decoding the Song
Decoding Bohemian Rhapsody By Queen.
Written by Freddie Mercury
Released on 31st October 1975
In the album: A Night at the Opera
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Abhijith Rajagopalan
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
Something in the way by Nirvana: Decoding The Song
Decoding 'Something in The Way', written by Kurt Cobain from the album 'Nevermind', released in 1991.
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Pranshu Thakore
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
“Imagination is One of the Highest Prerogatives of a Man.”
"There is a belief or a dream which keeps a human going on with life." - Here is the latest. Read now!
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