Aathavi Thanges
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Disposing my thoughts one page at a time
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The void. Top Story - September 2023.
The void I’ll be honest: there’s nothing more alluring than my oh-so satisfying vices. For some twisted reason, the universe dug a void into every living being on earth and left us here with no clue how to fill it. We’ll continue to search till we reach the ends of the earth for that something to fill the void.
By Aathavi Thanges2 years ago in Psyche
Ideology and the Unknown
The worst feeling in the world is having a question and being powerless to its answer. It's this strange feeling of incompetence, mixed with unease and curiosity that leaves you entirely empty on the inside. There is so much we don't even realize we don't know. These are things we'll eternally debate and for good reason.
By Aathavi Thanges2 years ago in History
The fear of vulnerability . Top Story - April 2023.
We all know what vulnerability is, right? Hopefully everyone has been able to experience vulnerability at some point in their lives. At the very least, I hope everyone has a vague sense of what vulnerability looks like. But how does one explain what true vulnerability looks like in today's society? Better yet, why is being vulnerable becoming so damn difficult?
By Aathavi Thanges3 years ago in Psyche
a careful wish
I wished on a light that flew through the night sky, and relished in its beauty as it reached my naked eye. Rare and profound and sprouting at the edges, sweet and surreal, but it used up all the leverage it had against my heart and threw it right back. The light heard me loud and couldn’t help but laugh.
By Aathavi Thanges3 years ago in Poets
An aquarium without a face
I've always hated aquariums. A pocket of the sea to be capitalized on, an aquatic assembly moving from one end of a tank to the other. It was the perfect example of what our world had come to: trading beauty for capitalism, the exchange of nature for profit. And you know this very well. So, explain to me why the only aquarium in the city stands right by your house. Until I had met you, I didn't even know it existed. But then again, before you, I didn't know about many things.
By Aathavi Thanges3 years ago in Fiction
Cultural Appropriation and Racial Identity
Among many things, the concept of identity is soiled in history, culture and socio-economic power. As second-generation immigrants of the Western world, these aspects about ourselves begin to blur. Thrusted into a world of a different culture, history and hierarchy of power, it becomes the responsibility of society and the individual to sort themselves among these lines. But when our concepts of identity begin to blur, so do our notions of right and wrong-- specifically, our ideas of what constitute as appropriate facets of our identity. As a result, we become lost in a cycle of taking on the different cultures and identities we are exposed to, mindless of the consequences that stem from that process. Consequently, not only does one stray further away from their own cultural identity, but they manage to take on facets of cultures they have no right taking part in, perpetuating the prevalence of cultural appropriation.
By Aathavi Thanges3 years ago in The Swamp
