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Comics as Literature

Comics are often dismissed as childish or unserious. But that assumption says more about how we define literature than about comics themselves. This piece explores why comics are not a genre, but a legitimate literary medium. Comics have always been a part of my life in some way or another, from Amar Chitra Katha to […]

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High Society Is Absurd—Until It Isn’t

I loved the movie Crazy Rich Asians for its escapism. So when someone gave me the entire trilogy, I was overjoyed. As I read, I found myself thinking of a work that predates it by over a century— Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.  Despite being separated by cultural context and time, both reveal […]