U-Talk | Volume 4 | Issue 4 | October-December | 2026
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U-Talk Vol. 4, No. 4
What does it mean to be human? This issue opens with our cover story, The Algorithmic Self, on how recommendation feeds shape what we notice, value and want. It moves through young people growing up with AI, the hidden cost of fast fashion and the lasting gift of a good teacher, to poetry, painting, temple photography, an Umrah travelogue, new hope in cancer research and a conversation with the founder of Hostelbird.
Contents
ARTICLES
- 1The Algorithmic Self: Learning to Want What We ChooseCover Story · Maria Gladys APDF ↓
- 4The Possibilities and Anxieties of Growing Up with AIEducation & Technology · Dr. Rajeev KumarPDF ↓
- 7Tribute to My PolestarMemoir · Rimpa PalPDF ↓
OPINION
- 9I Relapsed: A ConfessionSatire · Suhani SadanaPDF ↓
- 11Fashion or Exploitation? A Question to the Younger GenerationEnvironment · Nancy SharmaPDF ↓
POETRY
- 13Where Shall the Hor-Hopon Go?Poem · J. Malar VizhiPDF ↓
- 14Life · Drafty (Drafted) DesireTwo Poems · Swasti BisaiPDF ↓
ART & CULTURE
- 15Knowing OneselfPainting · Hapeesee SalaePDF ↓
- 16Sacred Geometries and Cross-Cultural Aesthetics at Sri Kalatheeswarar TemplePhotography · Dr. Rajeev KumarPDF ↓
TRAVELOGUE · HEALTH · INTERVIEW
- 18Mecca: Finding the Centre of the SelfTravelogue · Esra YagmurPDF ↓
- 21VHH Nanobodies: How Tiny Antibodies Could Transform Cancer TreatmentHealth & Healing · Dr. Mohammed Haseeb KhanPDF ↓
- 25Hostelbird: India’s First Community-Driven Online Travel AgencyInterview · Aabid Bhat in conversation with Vijay LaxmiPDF ↓
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