Title The Nine Sentiments of Digital Transgression: Hacker Ex 2025 and the Navarasa Framework
This paper explores the speculative synthesis of hacker culture in 2025 with the classical Indian aesthetic concept of Navarasa (nine emotions). By mapping digital intrusion, system exploitation, and cyber-resistance onto Śṛṅgāra (love), Hāsya (humor), Karuna (compassion), Raudra (anger), Vīra (heroism), Bhayānaka (fear), Bībhatsa (disgust), Adbhuta (wonder), and Śānta (peace), we argue that hacking in 2025 is not merely technical but deeply emotional and performative.
