Laya Yazhini Sivakumar

Laya Yazhini Sivakumar is an undergraduate student at Sai University in Chennai, India, where she studies Literature and Cultural Studies with a minor in Philosophy. She is passionate about good books, her dog Maya, and the kind of conversation that flows easily and lingers long after it ends.

Love, Not Trauma: How Tamil Cinema Reclaims Dalit Art Through Sound

By Laya Yazhini Sivakumar / Issue 46, Subversive Art, Magazine / 10 minutes of reading / Caste, Hierarchy, Intouchability, Manjanathi Puranam, Music, Oppression, Politics, Resistance, Subversion, Subversive Art

Both a love song and a political statement, the “Manjanathi Puranam” refuses to choose between artistic beauty and political resistance, insisting they’re inseparable.

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When Play Becomes Real: How My Child Lebensborn Turns Gaming into Memory Keeping

By Laya Yazhini Sivakumar / Issue 44, Youth, Magazine / 6 minutes of reading / Digital Media, Empathy, Games, History, Norway, Social Media, youth

In a world saturated with digital media and competing historical narratives, My Child Lebensborn shows that empathy is a form of knowledge, while care, despite being noble, is often exhausting.

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Laya Yazhini Sivakumar

Love, Not Trauma: How Tamil Cinema Reclaims Dalit Art Through Sound

When Play Becomes Real: How My Child Lebensborn Turns Gaming into Memory Keeping

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