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Written and illustrated by Nidhi Kontham  “Helped show India in a new light” dons the collection ‘India’ by Steve McCurry, a multi-award winning, National Geographic featured photographer. Often we see Caucasian photographers “capture the beauty”, ‘reimagine’, and show an Eastern country in a “new light”. We forget that the perception …

Henry Fake news. Post-truth. Alternative facts. In this fourth issue of Tharunka, Truth, we discover that these contagions are far closer to home than we might like to admit. It’s hard to escape the cognitive dissonance when the Twitter feed of UNSW’s Chief Communications Officer, a former journalist turned spin-doctor, …

By Manu Risoldi Hey UNSW! Welcome back and happy T3! I hope you’re well-rested after the holidays and ready to get into another jam-packed trimester. Despite just coming back from a short holiday break the SRC has continued to work incredibly hard in various areas of uni life to maximise …

By Rory Coverdale Australia is one of the most democratic countries in the world – at least, according to an annual Democracy Index by Economist Intelligence Unit, placing us ninth out of 167 countries. With 9.09 out of 10 overall, and perfect scores for two categories (“Electoral Process and Pluralism” …

By Jeremy Ellis The past year has not been good for the arts and humanities. We’ve been forced to watch the consistent devaluation of these fields. It started in late 2019 as the federal Department of Communications and the Arts was ‘logically’ merged into the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional …

By Ainslie Toombs The election of Barack Obama in 2008 marked a historic moment in American history. In a country built on the systemic subjugation of Black people, a Black man had become president and would remain so for eight years. Many thought they’d never see such a thing occur …