campus creators & culture
campus creators & culture
FUNCTION. An original composition / own work (not a Cover). Refinery ethos.
Every once in a while, you come across an artist who completely changes the way you look at something. That was Purbayan Chatterjee for me. I stumbled upon one of his performances online, and within minutes, the sitar felt like…
In the vast landscape of college performances and viral content, certain acts transcend their original context to become something more profound. Sufiyan Khan’s mono act at IIT Delhi’s Rendezvous festival is one such performance that continues to resonate with audiences…
If you were on YouTube in the late 2010s, chances are A Brown Girl’s Guide to Gender found you before you went looking for it. Maybe someone shared it in a WhatsApp group. Maybe it popped up on your YouTube…
Every generation of independent musicians eventually arrives at a moment where influence gives way to identity. The early years are often shaped by admiration, experimentation, and discovery. Artists borrow from the music they love, absorb sounds from across the world,…
Every hip-hop scene eventually finds an artist who comes to represent something larger than themselves. American rap has long celebrated artists whose music became inseparable from the neighbourhoods that shaped them. Grime grew through voices that captured the realities of…
There’s something slightly terrifying about performing an original song. Cover songs come with a safety net. People already know the lyrics. They know when to clap. Sometimes they even sing along. Original music? That’s a completely different game. At Jai…
Some of the most exciting art is created when boundaries begin to blur. A Kathak performance infused with beatboxing. Folk melodies layered over metal instrumentals. Classical dance inspired by anime storytelling. These are the kinds of creative combinations that catch…
Shriya Tyagi’s performance stands as a reminder of what makes the college theatre circuit so powerful. College festivals are usually remembered for their biggest spectacles. Dance performances that earn standing ovations, battle of the bands that turn entire crowds into…
How Peter Cat Recording Co. Became One of India’s Most Important Cultural Exports The story of Peter Cat Recording Co. is not just the story of a band becoming successful. It is the story of what happens when a generation…
Haritha Menon’s mono act at Mood Indigo 2017 takes on an incredibly heavy subject, and treats it with the kind of vulnerability that still gives us goosebumps. The performance blends confusion with innocence, trying to make sense of something terrifying…
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