CULTURE

Every year on March 8, our feeds suddenly bloom with pink graphics, inspiring quotes, and cheerful “Happy Women’s Day” messages. And honestly? It’s lovely. But if we sit with the idea for a moment—like we do during long coffee conversations—we realize Women’s Day is about something deeper than hashtags and flowers. It’s about pausing for […]

The cultural meaning of Holi has never been superficial, even if modern celebrations often appear that way. From a distance, it looks like color, chaos, music, and celebration. Up close, it reveals something far more intentional — a cultural mechanism designed around renewal, release, and recalibration Holi does not arrive randomly in the calendar. It

There’s a strange question floating around lately—half joke, half existential crisis: Is 2026 the new 2016? Everywhere you look, something feels… familiar. The music sounds nostalgic. Fashion is unapologetically throwback. Internet culture feels chaotic again. People are craving “simpler times,” and somehow 2016 — once criticized, memed, dissected — now feels like a golden era.

For years, progress was measured in speed. Faster apps. Faster replies. And, faster lives. The digital world promised efficiency, and for a long time, it delivered. But somewhere between constant notifications, AI-generated creativity, and the pressure to always be “on,” that promise began to feel hollow. By 2026, the cultural mood has shifted decisively. Not