Goa, Aug. 9 -- Vivek Menezes

An interesting twist is bringing many "digital natives" back to analog, as a number of bright lights in Goa's smartphone generation are turning to old-fashioned ink and paper to express themselves. Everyone complains about the ubiquity of screens - and the degree to which so many young people have become hooked on them - but that is not at all the end of the story. Over the past five years since the pandemic shut us all into lockdown, we can also see a clear shift towards art, crafts and "making" that represents an entirely different side of youth aspirations and abilities. In particular, a proliferation of attractive, informative and highly effective zines - small-scale self-published publications that are o...