Food and Sexuality
Editorial – Food and Sexuality
Food unites, but as we are sadly witnessing, it also divides. What people eat and how they eat it is related in many ways to class, caste, purchasing power, and other factors of social currency and control.
By TARSHI
July 17, 2023
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Food is some sort of extension of our bodies, our identities, and therefore food and sexuality intersect in a myriad ways.
By Shikha Aleya
July 17, 2023
The Taste of Purple
Stop everything! I have a condition that you must follow before you read any further, before you consume what I’ve…
By Hanish Srinivasan
July 17, 2023
Lovers as plants in a kitchen garden
“Life’s too small without freshly cut coriander
Generously sprinkled on kadhai chicken.
Mint leaves blitzing their way with tomatoes
Ripe from the vine to the fingers dripping chutney –
Fragrances of earth between all this concrete.”
By Lavanya Arora
July 17, 2023
Brushstrokes: Aching Palates
This art collection bears the evocative title “Aching Palates”. Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies…
By Anoushka Budhia
July 17, 2023
‘किमाम वाली रात के नाम’ – भारतीय इतिहास में पान की शृंगारिक भूमिका
Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies the intricate ritual of food: hunger, gathering, fire, serving, devouring and, ultimately, nourishing.
By Annika Amber
Interview – Shylashri Shankar
So why do we have to have fixed notions of gender roles and food?
By Shikha Aleya
July 5, 2023
Barabar Kha: Recipes of Transition
Through the rituals of cooking, prayers and sharing our complaints of menstruating, we came together to give space and hold space for each other.
By Afshan Mariam
July 5, 2023
An ode to kimam wali raat: The erotic adventures of paan in Indian history
Paan is not only the bearer of stories but a medium through which these stories were told. And each ingredient that goes into the making of a paan has its own narrative.
By Annika Amber
Tell me, who can eat?
There are hundreds of mukbangers and flood vloggers in India, with individuals earning lakhs of rupees through just eating delicious, and sometimes weird, food. However, those mukbang creators who do not follow stereotypical ideas of gender, caste and class meet with differential treatment.
By Ankita Kundu
July 5, 2023
Desire, Appetite and Sexuality: Indian Cinema’s Evolving Taste Buds
Indian films have for long fed into as well as mirrored social and cultural practices. Many of them depict a woman as being restricted to the kitchen and serving delicacies during festivities.
By Sourav
फ़िल्टर कॉफ़ी, शादीशुदा ज़िंदगी और यौनिकता का जश्न
समाज में स्वीकृत शादियों को एक तरह से यौनिकता के जश्न के तौर पर देखा सकता है, कम से कम यौनिकता के उन पहलुओं का जिन्हें समाज जायज़ मानता है – जैसे समाज-स्वीकृत यौन संबंध और प्रजनन।
By Vani Viswanathan
July 5, 2023
ग्रीन टी, वज़न का घटना, और मेरी #PCOS4Ever वाली ज़िंदगी
दो साल, कई लेज़र ट्रीटमेंट्स और एक थोड़ी-बहुत ‘स्वस्थ’ ज़िंदगी जीने की कोशिश के बाद भी मेरे लक्षण अभी भी ‘क़ाबू में’ नहीं आए हैं। लेकिन अब मैं इस बात पे संतुष्ट होने लगी हूं कि मुझसे जितना हो पाया, मैंने अपने शरीर के लिए उतना किया।
By Noopur Raval