BOOK REVIEW: Home – Manju Kapur | Coming Back To Me
A lovely return to my late 20s where books absorbed me with a rigour I did not experience in my social or professional life. It was like coming home.
Pop Culture
Books, Film, Fashion, Food, Music, Performance & all things popular culture
Review ‘From Scratch’ On Netflix: Focaccia & Fortitude
‘From Scratch’ on Netflix made me realise the world doesn’t know how & why death shows up. How can we answer why people turn out as they do?
Body & Sex | Books | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships
Fearlessly Flying With Erica Jong
Giving sex an easy place in my mind, required moving around the furniture inside my head – old traumas, inherited shame, cultural taboos. This book taught me flying.
Books | City | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture
Autorickshaws & Poetry: Dignity In A Post COVID World
My post-COVID reflections in autorickshaws confront privilege, embrace Mumbai’s diversity, discover shared poetry transcend languages.
‘The Good Place’ Is A Study Of Libra
Libra, like every zodiac sign has its narratives & spiritual lessons. ‘The Good Place’ show is a balanced study into the Libran ethos.
Wayfarer On An Open Road
Post COVID, life is uncertain but it’s an open road. Everything is a lesson, every meeting is a gift.
What Do We Owe Each Other In Shifting Normals?
We do not have a consensus on what love, commitment, sex or identity mean. Maybe we don’t need to agree. What do we owe each other then?
And Just Like That…I Found Friends Again
Finding myself at a lull between sumptuous stories, I wandered into a familiar storyline. And just like that, I found friends again.
Modern Love: The Quest For Identity First
What were the brutal experiences of the last two years but lessons in love? Who are you when all has been stripped away/
The “Do They Treat You Well?” Play
Kim’s Convenience asks, “Do they treat you well?”. I wish someone had thought to ask me that. The question has affection and no saviour complex.