A Time-Traveler’s Guide To Bangalore: Millennial Angst In IT City
I made an impromptu visit to my first-love city, Bangalore. How does it feel to date a former lover after two decades? Nostalgia, fear & thrills all in one.
Author: IdeaSmith
Lullaby 🛌
A lullaby is sung to us as children. But well into adulthood, sleep remains elusive. This is my loving goodbye to the cares of the day.
Barbie vs Oppenheimer: Toxic Fandoms & Commoditised Identity
#Barbenheimer shows corporations highjacking our very identities. Do you really identify as either Barbie or Oppenheimer?
Making Sense Of Miracles In The Anarchy
I’m turning 44. I survived trauma, 3 recessions, a pandemic. There are miracles, there is anarchy and amidst all that, there is sense.
Not An Easy City To Love: Mumbai Floods
On 26 Jul’05, Mumbai experienced unprecedented rain – the heaviest in 100 years. This is my story of survival. It is also a love story.
Salwar Suit Saga
Salwar kameez, the ubiquitous subcontinental garment has a varied history in my own personal life.
The One Who Was Lost In Translation
I read a gifted book after the one who gifted it left my life. It helped me understand what went wrong. We were lost in translation.
What’s Your Poison, Eena, Meena, Deeka?
I created this piece for an UnErase Against Drugs event. I wanted to go beyond the PSA-style message and tell a story. What’s your poison?
Feminist Review: Sindhu Bhairavi’s Male Gaze & Strong Woman Tropes
The 1985 Tamil film ‘Sindhu-Bhairavi’ under a feminist lens shows a nuanced male storyteller gaze and some strong woman tropes. Does that make it feminist?
A Mumbai Kind Of Welcome: Vileparle Variety
Mumbai says welcome in many languages. There’s one place where you can taste them all. Vileparle says welcome home.