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Suchandrika Chakrabarti
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Mar 19, 2021

The House of Tomorrow

This piece first appeared in gal-dem’s UN/REST print issue One night early in the new millennium, I was tearing through the streets of central London, running so fast it felt like I was flying. The black starry sky was melting into the purple streaks of early morning. I was breathless…

Dreams

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The House of Tomorrow
The House of Tomorrow
Dreams

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Feb 15, 2021

Review of the Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage exhibition at Somerset House

The late Leila Alaoui’s work looks back at you. Her subjects’ eyes gaze out and lock with yours from frames and screens made on a much grander scale than the little boxes on Zoom. …

Art

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Review of the Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage exhibition at Somerset House
Review of the Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage exhibition at Somerset House
Art

4 min read


Published in Bello Collective

·Apr 1, 2020

Why Podcasters Are Turning to Crowdsourcing During the Coronavirus Lockdown

As the world locks down, podcasters are reaching out for our stories. — We’re in the midst of the first pandemic of the internet era, the most anxious moment of our extremely online age. Unsurprisingly, there has been a surge in the number of podcasts about the coronavirus. All the usual big names have started one to keep us up to speed with…

Podcast

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Why Podcasters Are Turning to Crowdsourcing During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Why Podcasters Are Turning to Crowdsourcing During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Podcast

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Published in OneZero

·Feb 6, 2020

How WhatsApp Eased the Pain of Losing My Parents

A forum for young orphans to grieve together thrives on the world’s most popular messaging platform — My parents both died in the early 2000s, before my 20th birthday. Becoming an orphan long before anyone else you know is incredibly isolating. People who have not had the experience find it hard to understand you; all too often, they’re frightened by the depth of the loss. And it…

WhatsApp

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How WhatsApp Eased the Pain of Losing My Parents
How WhatsApp Eased the Pain of Losing My Parents
WhatsApp

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Published in GEN

·Aug 23, 2019

What Does the Rise of the Child Activist Say About Us?

The media obsession with — and recent mockery of — teen climate activist Greta Thunberg show how we’re failing future generations — In Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1973 dystopian short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” the eponymous city pays a high price for the happiness of its inhabitants: the constant torture of one child kept in perpetual filth, darkness, and misery. Everyone in Omelas knows about the child: “This…

Climate Change

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What Does the Rise of the Child Activist Say About Us?
What Does the Rise of the Child Activist Say About Us?
Climate Change

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Published in ZORA

·Jun 25, 2019

What’s in a Name? Plenty.

Yep it’s a long name and it’s fine if you don’t quite get it first time — Sending me out into the world with the name Suchandrika Tia Chakrabarti was a bold move by my parents. It’s a gift, on many levels. For one, it makes every introduction to a new person a chance for me to get the measure of them. Occasionally, just a Suchandrika Chakrabarti…

Names

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What’s in a Name? Plenty.
What’s in a Name? Plenty.
Names

4 min read


Sep 26, 2018

The 10 things I learned from speaking in public 5 times over the last year

Public speaking is utterly terrifying, right? The fear starts the moment you take on the assignment. Your boss tells you it’s good for the company, or you’ve got to stand up in front of the board, or you’ve been approached and aaaargh don’t they understand that you know nothing?! …

Public Speaking

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The 10 things I learned from speaking in public 5 times over the last year
The 10 things I learned from speaking in public 5 times over the last year
Public Speaking

7 min read

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