Food and Sexuality
Watch the romantic story of a Bengali couple to find out if Geetu will be successful in her passionate mission to fulfil the desire of her husband Amit.
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।
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।
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.
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.
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.
Through the rituals of cooking, prayers and sharing our complaints of menstruating, we came together to give space and hold space for each other.
So why do we have to have fixed notions of gender roles and food?
Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies the intricate ritual of food: hunger, gathering, fire, serving, devouring and, ultimately, nourishing.
This art collection bears the evocative title “Aching Palates”. Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies…
“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.”
Stop everything! I have a condition that you must follow before you read any further, before you consume what I’ve…
Food is some sort of extension of our bodies, our identities, and therefore food and sexuality intersect in a myriad ways.