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Rakshasi's Ramblings
Welcome! Here I will be serving up art, musings on society and the periodic existential crisis. WARNING: All work on this site is mine, born of blood, sweat, tears and the occasional summoning ritual (so tread lightly, copycats.)


New Podcast Episode - Mean Girls: Unfair Portrayal or Anthropological Classic?
I've been off and on recording podcast episodes, hoping I cold expand my audience, however now I just do it because it's fun (and no, no major jump in views or listens). However I've improved at narration considerably and I know it's going to serve me somewhere, because I haven't exactly been the best talker all my life, more of an observer. This is literally another 'opposite' phase in my life, and has a lot to do with observing how people function (The Human Zoo: Anthropolo

atomicrakshasi
Dec 16, 20251 min read


The Great Indian Marriage
Everyone knows that the traditional Indian family raises its sons to be providers and daughters to be mothers, but the script of The Great Indian Kitchen (2021) goes one further, insisting that even if The Husband is incompetent, lazy, egotistical and insecure, he still expects to be treated like a king in his house. He has an inalienable right to his wife’s body and her servitude. We needed this premise because his value in both his own and society’s eyes, regardless of whe

atomicrakshasi
Feb 20, 20259 min read


Updates On My Youtube Channel
My YouTube channel has resembled a tomb long enough and finally found its purpose. As mentioned in my previous newsletter, my blog posts have found new life combined with my fan art. Both forms of art and writing have taken decades for me to learn and improve, and have finally culminated in a form that I can convey with ease. I just took a while to learn to make decent videos, and speak halfway decently into a mike :) The road is long and frustrating, but it is a road. Thank

atomicrakshasi
Dec 19, 20241 min read


Monstrous Fathers and Wayward Sons: ‘Tumbbad’ is More than Just a Parable About Greed
It’s been twelve years and Vinayak is old enough to know that his mother has no status and therefore, neither does he. A lack of status here

atomicrakshasi
Jul 12, 20243 min read
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