When Did Reading Become Performance?
Reading isn’t a flex. Self-help isn’t a gateway drug to fiction. If you read to look good, I’m not impressed—and neither is Gabrielle Zevin.
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The One Who Gave Me A Book – Cleopatra & Frankenstein: Coco Mellers
Books, like people, appear when you need them most. I’ve found a book shop, a community, a friend and a book on my way to myself.
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The Feels This Week: My Home In Photographs
An old-school post from a 2000s photoblog. My evening through Andheri in photographs. Feel free to skip to the pics if you like.
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Watching the Watchers: How Art in Mumbai Reflects Its People
Exploring Mumbai’s art scene through Jehangir Art Gallery & Tarq. A personal journey of photography, painting, and the people who make art come alive.
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Falling Out Of Love With The Book (It Happened To Me)
This happened to me. After being an enthusiastic reader my whole life, I stopped being able to read. The book became an alien in my brain.
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We Need To Hold The Father Accountable For Toxic Masculinity
Why is bad parenting seen as bad mothering? And why is a father allowed the bare minimum when he shapes masculinity for the world?
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Cropping the City: Lessons from Sassoon Docks
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.
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The Feels This Week: Going Fishing
A photowalk at Sassoon Docks fish market sends me on a deep dive about my creative identities, my home planet and of course, fishing.
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Food & Gender Politics in Asia: BUTTER – Asako Yuzuki, CHHAUNK – Abhijit Banerjee, PERFECT MATCH (Netflix)
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.
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Film Review: DIL CHAHTA HAIN – Showcasing Vile Desi Masculinity
Dil Chahta Hain (2001) is a coming-of-age film. It also lays out a playbook of toxic desi masculinity. Things haven’t changed in 2025.
