Arismita Ghosh

2 months ago | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

Student activism is a necessary function of the modern university. Though the history of student-led demonstrations can be traced all the way back to medieval universities in the 15th century, the 1960s saw a dramatic rise in protests at university campuses across the world. Manifestations at U.S. universities influenced their Canadian counterparts, contributing to a surge in students getting involved in campus politics and activism.

Nov 11, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

Leonard Cohen was the first man I met in Montreal. Walking down Rue Crescent on a windy August evening, new to the city, I was entranced by the kind face smiling down at me with a hand placed over his beating heart. I didn’t know who he was at the time. (My friend tried telling me it was a mural of Anthony Bourdain.) It would take a few more months for me to stumble across Cohen’s first poetry collection while browsing the shelves at Paragraphe Bookstore.

Nov 4, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

For the past few months, Americans and non-Americans alike have been glued to their screens, watching the events of the upcoming U.S. election unfold with a sense of impending doom. We in Canada will undoubtedly be affected by these results, whether in terms of increasingly conservative immigration policies or voting trends in the 2025 Canadian elections.

Oct 7, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

Content warning: colonial violence, racism, white supremacyOn September 29, literature enthusiasts from in and around Montreal gathered at Le Gesù to attend the fourth edition of the Kabir Cultural Centre’s “Garden of Literary Delights.” Established as part of the centre’s NexGen MultiArts Festival, this event aims to highlight South Asian writers in Canada who are emerging onto the literary sphere.

Mar 25, 2024 | mcgilldaily.com | Arismita Ghosh

Content warning: domestic violence, sexual violence, political violenceI was lucky enough to read Kate Rogers’ The Meaning of Leaving while on a train leaving Toronto, which I think is the most aptly ironic location to experience this bittersweet poetry collection. A Canadian poet who lived in Hong Kong and China for more than two decades, Rogers recently moved back to eastern Ontario in 2019.