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Solidarity beyond Victimhood
Last Tuesday, after attending a Race Relations Week event, I was at the public garden with my children, still wearing traditional Indian clothes. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, just four days after the massacre in Christchurch. That day, I was approached several...
The Representation of Gender and Power in ‘Game of Thrones’
Season 8 Premiere As the final season opens, it is time for reunions, preparations for war, and political decisions, and it is women who dominate the show. In this episode, there are five prominent women: Cersei, Danarys, Sansa, Arya and Yara. They are very different...
The Memory of War
When I came to NZ, the remembrance of war during ANZAC Day was something new to me. I was studying Peace and Conflict Studies and I had the opportunity to learn about its meaning and history. I met people whose parents, grandparents or relatives went to...