
Pritha Chakraborty is a sophomore of Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, whose work interrogates identity, power, coloniality, and the female body. She was awarded All India Rank 4 at the Albert Barrow Memorial All India Inter School Creative Writing Competition (CISCE Board). A devoted cineast, she works in filmmaking as well, focussing on stories and perspectives that often go unnoticed.
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*The Symphony of Checks and Balances and Beyond* offers poetic reflections on the interplay between freedom and responsibility, progress and restraint, and individuality and collective...
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