Aditi Razdan
Aditi Razdan is a Demos Subeditor.
Resistance
Resistance can fuel our passion, validate our convictions or break our spirit. The pursuit of resisting may be undertaken out of necessity or through choice. With these motives in hand we will judge the convictions of others and be strongly judged in return. Here at...
Kashmiriyat
Sometimes resistance is not violent. Sometimes, it is reinforcing what is peripheral to a culture because the roots of it are still in the homeland. The Kashmir Valley, at the foot the of the Himalayas, endures both kinds. My family, as far back as we can trace, are...
‘Cultural Appropriation’: Maybe our Discussion is the Problem
A discussion of cultural appropriation often begets one of two extreme reactions. The first is a denial of any possibility of cultural exchange outside the original culture. The second often comes in the form of a cringe-worthy whitesplain of the – to paraphrase –...
Beyond Categorisation: In Conversation with Udeni
Aditi Razdan interviews Udeni Appuhamilage Meet Udeni Hanchapola Appuhamilage: a Fulbright Scholar, a clinical psychologist from Sri Lanka with experience in trauma, psychosocial, and humanitarian work, “3 Minute Thesis” winner and an academic at ANU’s school of...Past Issues
