TheVibe’s Lockdown Music Roundup

May 23, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

The nationwide lockdown announced on the 24th of March, 2020, in the face of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak has seen millions of Indians locked away at home for almost two months. This period of stillness has seen amateur cooks turned chefs, fitness enthusiasts in the guise of personal trainers, and millions upon millions of Indians […]

Aesthetic Kunjamma: Creativity & Collaboration in the Age of Isolation

May 9, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

A land of many cultures, India is the breeding grounds for creative spirits, who are driven by an intrinsic need to create, and to inspire. Even while the country as a whole is sequestered away into their homes in an attempt to arrest the spread of the Novel Coronavirus, our nation’s creative minds burn with […]

Age of Limbo – In Conversation with Singer-Songwriter Maalavika Manoj

May 1, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

All around the world, humanity exists in a state of purgatory, a time of in-betweens with an uncertain future looming on the distant horizon. In this new world, the old rules vanish like voices on the wind, and the new ones exist in a temporary space, where nothing is concrete, and nothing is certain. We […]

A Body of Work: In Conversation with Photographer Shivaji Storm Sen

April 29, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

We got in conversation with nude photographer Shivaji Storm Sen as he dissected his fixation with capturing the human form at its barest.

A Textbook for Tennis Nostalgia: An Ode to Tennis by Sumedh Natu

April 25, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

Guest writer Sumedh Natu of Buzzfeed and Shotgun Media is a video producer with a deep love for the sport of tennis, one which is inextricably intertwined with his childhood memories of his late father. The cancellation of the 2020 Wimbledon came as a devastating shock to fans across the world, who yearned to see […]

Isolation and Resistance: Art in the Age of Quarantine

March 17, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

The era of fear and panic is nigh, and art may be our only salvation. The recent announcement of Covid-19 as a global pandemic has taken the world by storm. As the panic spreads, citizens all over the globe have locked their doors and shut themselves in, bracing for a long, uncertain period […]

In Conversation with Supreet Kaur, the Woman Behind India’s Happiest Music Festival

November 27, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

Sun-kissed fields littered with smiling faces; a place where friendships are born and rekindled. Holy ground for music, musicians and music-lovers alike, where bonds are formed by the hundreds, united by a mutual love for sound. Welcome to the Happiest Music Festival in the world, as it celebrates 10 years of bringing joy to the […]

These are the memes that broke the Internet in 2018

December 19, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

THESE ARE THE MEMES THAT BROKE THE INTERNET IN 2018 Pop Culture | TheVibe Editorial Himani Gupta 2018 can well be named the year of “meme” as this new-age pop-culture phenom transcends digital-verse to become part of everyday conversations. These are the memes which spread like wildfire to become part of our global lexicon through the […]

Here’s a look at all the new emojis you will be sharing through 2019

November 22, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Here’s a look at all the new emojis you will be sharing through 2019 World Heritage Week | TheVibe Editorial For all the keyboard warriors out there, this one is for you. The nonprofit organisation, Unicode Consortium, which nominates, proposes, standardises and rolls out emojis — now a staple of new pop culture, has […]