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2 weeks ago | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak
Young and new to the Los Angeles landscape, Avan Jogia was thrust into the spotlight upon his debut performance in Nickelodeon’s “Victorious.” The show’s pilot episode, which aired in 2010, attracted an audience of millions, accumulating even more fans over the course of its four seasons. Avan Jogia has since had various roles in film and television in addition to also being widely known for his social media presence.
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4 weeks ago | 
hercampus.com | Archisha Pathak
Coming into the University of Michigan as an eager and oblivious freshman, I undoubtedly made mistakes as I adjusted to an entirely new environment, especially as an out-of-state student. I knew no one in this new, humongous school, and although I have made mistakes, there were a few, specific steps that have made my collegiate experience better.
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1 month ago | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak
As an avid library-goer, most of my life has been a series of trips to the big, wonderful building which I deemed to have the stories of my dreams. With time, though I never stopped reading, library trips became few and far between, especially during my time in college. The three-week deadline on a novel checked out from the local library suddenly wasn’t enough time, considering my frequent travel for school.
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2 months ago | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak
Every time I pass a secondhand bookshop, I have to walk in. The shelves feel like a museum of different moments that people have let go, disappearing into piles upon piles. When I scan each section of the store, I play a game with myself: try to find the oldest-looking novel. When I finally see that perfect, crackled spine and yellowed paper, I am satisfied.
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2 months ago | 
hercampus.com | Archisha Pathak
Science is the foundation of our history, causing great strides from the past to where we are today. We have created cutting-edge treatments and technologies that increase quality of life for hundreds of millions of people.
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2 months ago | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak
Trigger warning: mentions of child abuse. A year after Shari Franke was disowned by her mother, she uploaded a photo of her childhood home swarmed by police with the simple caption: “Finally.” Abuse often comes in cycles. One generation will endure enforcement of unachievable standards, believe it to be normal, then inflict the same expectations on their youth. When those children grow up, they have a choice: continue the only life they know or break free.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
hercampus.com | Archisha Pathak
Covers are nothing new to the world of music. Artists often sing other singers’ songs to pay homage, add different spins to music they love, or even release covers for TV/movie releases. Due to all of these reasons, fans of music have a love/hate relationship with covers. People will often complain because an artist covers a song they love and it just doesn’t live up to their expectations. Other times, a song that wasn’t so popular might go viral when covered by a more popular artist.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak |Logan Brown
As routinely as the changing of the seasons, the annual Booker Prize — the leading literary award in the English-speaking world — is conferred to what is believed to be, in the judges’ views, the best-sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This year, The Michigan Daily Book Review took it upon themselves to read and review the six novels shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak
Sally Rooney’s newest novel, “Intermezzo,” was released on September 24, introducing its story with a quote by Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein: “But don’t you feel grief now? (But aren’t you now playing chess?).” Rooney’s longest novel to date, the story follows two brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek, each living in Dublin and individually processing their grief after their father’s passing.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Archisha Pathak
Memory is tragic and everlasting; it stretches across time and location. Each wry, taunting voice is representative of a memory. Toni Morrison’s gorgeous novel, “Beloved,” handles tragedy with care and precision. It follows an escaped slave woman, Sethe, through her newly found “freedom” and the very futile nature of the word in the context of American history.
