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Paromita Vohra

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Mumbai stories and other roses

Mumbai stories and other roses

As we quietly observe each other, we also reveal ourselves to each other, across crowded trains and tube-lit windows. Watcher and watched in one frame, in a kind of equality

05 May,2024 09:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Of protests and principles

Of protests and principles

The Objectivity Myth is the Invisibility Cloak of unjust power. Emotion is as much about how you don’t say something, as how you do

28 April,2024 04:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Quick time, slow time

Quick time, slow time

A few days later, the lockdown was declared. Despite the starkness of the times, time became, not a luxury, but luxurious

21 April,2024 04:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles

There is no confusion of seeing your own face reflected in the enemy’s face if he is masked. Self and others are poles, not a tangle

14 April,2024 05:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Fear of flying

Fear of flying

Cut to 2024. The film’s flight attendant protagonists have not received their salaries for six months

07 April,2024 06:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
INSAF ki dagar pe

INSAF ki dagar pe

The slogan invoked identities and histories currently facing repression from entire national and global systems

31 March,2024 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Airplanes, chor bazaars and Bangkok jugaad

Airplanes, chor bazaars and Bangkok jugaad

One of my companions learned from a stall owner that some sellers in the market were children of sex workers from around the area and this was now a space of livelihood for them, a story that piqued our imaginations. 

24 March,2024 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
A bar on Hooker Hill

A bar on Hooker Hill

The thrill of arrival into a dreamscape soon turns to restlessness for that other romance, of the unexpected encounter.

17 March,2024 06:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Does Women’s Day matter?

Does Women’s Day matter?

The first three responses are perhaps more about the marketplace than Women’s Day—and reveal a greater relationship with that market than feminism

10 March,2024 06:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
The DIY love project

The DIY love project

“Bas followers milein” says Mithu. “Followers will come with good content,” quips Manasi, implying Mithu is anything but

03 March,2024 04:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra

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