LU Chronicles
There was a time when my biggest problems were things like math homework, slow Wi-Fi, and trying to assist my friend in wooing his crush. But recently, the world has decided to upgrade from “teen drama” to full-blown apocalypse movie mode. Every time I open the news, I feel like […]
“When one leader’s deal has to be faced by an entire nation, it isn’t a deal- it is soft power in disguise.” The India-US trade deal between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considered a milestone- a bridge between two major economies, a step toward stability in a […]
In Western politics, it is easy to divide parties into two clear groups: Left and Right. The Left focuses on welfare, equality, and state control, while the Right supports free markets, cultural conservatism, and smaller government. This binary works there because their political journey is shaped by class conflict and […]
I used to wonder about something very simple and very uncomfortable: If the United States has declared war only a handful of times, why does it seem to be everywhere? That curiosity opens a door most people hesitate to enter. And once you step inside, you don’t find villains and […]
“I was 14 when I got trapped in this mess of a sex trafficking.” “They raped me, when I didn’t even know what rape was.” “I…we…all these survivors don’t believe we can ever forget that trauma.” All of this was said by a few brave survivors who came out in […]
The Promise of Peace When Donald Trump was asked about his New Year’s resolution for 2026, his answer sounded deceptively simple: “peace on Earth.” It was the kind of statement that travels well in headlines; short, universal and comforting. But coming from a leader whose political career has been shaped […]
Jolly LLB 3Â once again shows that while Indian cinema is capable of addressing serious and relevant issues, it often refuses to fully commit to them. The film touched upon themes of justice, power, and systemic failure, but repeatedly weakened its own message by inserting unnecessary clownery. The constant jokes, exaggerated […]
Sometimes we get disappointed when the things that we have planned do not happen the way we imagined. And honestly, that is just human nature. We dream, we hope, we build entire movies in our heads about how life should look and when reality doesn’t match the script, it stings. […]
Do you know what happens when hell breaks loose on earth?No you might not know because you aren’t living it. But yes hell did break on earth. And it broke on October 7, 2023. The war between Israel and Palestine has taken such turns that now it’s neither a war […]
When Yesterday’s Ally Turns Into Today’s Enemy In October 2025, the world watched something that felt almost unreal. Pakistani fighter jets struck Kabul. Not a border outpost, not a remote valley, but the capital city ruled by the Afghan Taliban. The same Taliban Pakistan spent decades funding, training, sheltering and […]
How Sydney Sweeney, American Eagle, and a pair of blue pants unraveled a century of denim politics. Two blondes, two commercials, two different claims on Americana, and a nation that, as usual, read far more into the second one than the makers ever intended. BeyoncĂ©, in Levi’s, has been playing […]
There is a peculiar Indianism , and, if one looks broadly enough, a globalism , to the way we manage the subject of sex: not by absence so much as by theatrical abstention. Sex is performed, packaged, policed, advertised, litigated, and monetized; but it is not, with any seriousness, discussed […]
They tell you, politely, that the world is what it is: messy, dangerous, and therefore to be managed by people who have seen the maps and read the books. Questioning the necessity of weapons that can erase cities, nuclear weapons, the all-consuming instruments of modern statecraft, will earn you a […]
Three centuries ago, came the first stories of beings with impossible strength: gods, titans, monsters. They were warnings, wishes, and/or ways to make sense of the chaos and cruelty. Three decades ago, superheroes took their place: vigilantes, orphaned billionaires, aliens in capes, radioactive teenagers who flooded comic books and movie […]
In the spring of 1983, Andrea Dworkin released a book that unsettled even her staunchest admirers. Right-Wing Women wasn’t a call to arms but an x-ray, a forensic, unflinching study of a kind of political allegiance that confounds both liberals and radicals: the woman who kisses the hand that chains […]
The Playbook Let’s begin not with a tweet or a riot, but with a pdf. It’s 920 pages long, reads like a corporate mission statement ghostwritten by Machiavelli, and goes by a name only a Bond villain or a right-wing think tank could conjure: Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership. Officially, […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that in a heteronormative democracy, queerness will be tolerated-so long as it stays quiet, marketable, and non-threatening. Every June, the world goes through a “phase” that erupts in rainbows. Logos turn queer. Brands turn poetic. Influencers dig up last year’s captions. Pride becomes both […]