Month: March 2025

City | Roving I

Cropping the City: Lessons from Sassoon Docks

March 30, 2025March 30, 2025

Mumbai Paused’s wisdom to me was to crop. I’m finding clarity in discerning the different stories of me in a single photograph taken at Sassoon Docks.

Sassoon Dock photowalk fishing grill window

City | Roving I

The Feels This Week: Going Fishing

March 23, 2025March 29, 2025

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A photowalk at Sassoon Docks fish market sends me on a deep dive about my creative identities, my home planet and of course, fishing.

Food & Gender politics in Asia - Butter, Chhaunk, Perfect Match, The Great Indian Kitchen

Body & Sex | Books | Politics & Feminism

Food & Gender Politics in Asia: BUTTER – Asako Yuzuki, CHHAUNK – Abhijit Banerjee, PERFECT MATCH (Netflix)

March 16, 2025March 22, 2025

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Food is a currency of power and a lens on gender politics. ‘Butter’ by Asako Yuzuki and ‘Chhaunk’ by Abhijit Banerjee serve up deep insights on both.

Lizzybeth1986 on Falling Out Of Love With The Book (It Happened To Me): “I sometimes wonder if this is what some called “book fatigue” – or, like you said, the dehabilitating effects of…”
IdeaSmith on The Indian Man: A Doll That Goes “Mama”: “@TheShySaggittarian: Thank you for this comment. It takes a lot of courage and even more generosity to share such a…”
IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “@LizzyBeth: I do hope so. Gopal’s comments on my pictures were that I have the stories, I just need to…”
IdeaSmith on Food & Gender Politics in Asia: BUTTER – Asako Yuzuki, CHHAUNK – Abhijit Banerjee, PERFECT MATCH (Netflix): “@LizzyBeth: I’m glad you did! Curating the consumption experience this way (food, audio, screen, music etc.) takes the conversation forward,…”
TheShySagittarian on The Indian Man: A Doll That Goes “Mama”: “@theidea-smithy I accidentally came across this, and it resonated deeply because I’ve experienced something similar. I was once married to…”
Lizzybeth1986 on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “I love these shots you took so much, and I think one of the reasons why is because a lot…”
Lizzybeth1986 on Food & Gender Politics in Asia: BUTTER – Asako Yuzuki, CHHAUNK – Abhijit Banerjee, PERFECT MATCH (Netflix): “Loved this post! I do love deep dives into food writing that explore it not as just a site of…”
IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “@Gopal: Thank you so much and for visiting my blog again too! It’s a lovely throwback to the days when…”
Gopal on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “The images look lovely on the blog. The mobile screen was too small. ”
IdeaSmith on How We Treat People Is How We’re Feeling Inside: “@ideafan: I don’t think boundaries are supposed to feel transactional or timed. But a lot of people do it that…”

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