Lifeline
Upasna Baratha playground for the shadow self. interviews and essays on desire, nightlife, the south asian diaspora, and making art. honest, funny, intimate, and a little surreal.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 39 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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I Needed Last Night
Thursday, June 25 2026
Locations: Honey’s / EX’S PRIDE
DJs: Alejandra Sabillón, k.tea
N and I walked out of the cinema disoriented after watching Backrooms — like we’d just woken up from a long nap and didn’t know what time it was or w...
You'll Get Lost Regardless
Friday, June 19 2026
Locations: Pig Beach, Cmon Everybody
DJ: Toribio
And underneath my clothes I was wearing yellow for Brazil, I realize
I didn’t start the night out alone, which often feels like a bit of a cheat code: warm yourself...
My Ex Learned English From John Mayer, Which Explains Everything
Me and John Mayer
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a controversial theory of linguistic relativity. It poses that our thoughts are shaped by our native language, and that speakers of different languages therefore think differently. For exampl...
The Brain Behind The Decks
Image courtesy of the artist.
Vani Dewan was an intern at the UCSF Sound and Perception Lab when she knocked on the door of Ustad Zakir Hussain — the foremost Indian classical percussionist in the world — while he was in his greenroom afte...
Seeking Solace on a Thursday Night
Thursday, June 4 2026
Locations: Gabriela, H0lO
DJs: Eli Escobar, STE-VÍ
I took this photo after arriving home at 1:30am.
I start getting ready after eating a bowl of spicy daal and rice. The mango pickle tinged it red, and I eat it w...
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writes stuff that is honest, funny, intimate, a little surreal. playwright, screenwriter, and author of COMEDIC TIMING (831 Stories).
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