Food, Drink and Sexuality

The Editorial: Food, Drink and Sexuality
Various non-veg food items printed on a page of a book.

“Beauty should be edible, or not at all.” ― Salvador Dalí A Google search with the keywords “food sexuality India”…

By TARSHI
October 15, 2015
The Editorial: Food, Drink and Sexuality
खान पान और यौनिकता
Still from a black and white Indian film, "Aurat" (1940). A mother with her three kids.

श्वेता कृष्णन द्वारा मैं लामाय* से बैंकाक के एक स्पा में मिली थी। वो बात करने को उत्सुक थी और…

By Shweta Krishnan
October 15, 2015
खान पान और यौनिकता
Interview: Food and Sexuality Via Email with Radhika Chandiramani
A close up photo of a bunch of clams

Radhika Chandiramani founded TARSHI in 1996. She is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship for Leadership Development and the Soros…

By TARSHI Team
October 15, 2015
Interview: Food and Sexuality Via Email with Radhika Chandiramani
Issue In Focus: Food, Drink and Sexuality
Still from a black and white Indian film, "Aurat" (1940). A mother with her three kids.

I met Lamai[1] at a spa in Bangkok. She was eager to talk, and told me about her village eight…

By Shweta Krishnan
October 1, 2015
Issue In Focus: Food, Drink and Sexuality
Did You Know South Koreans Love Food Porn?
A Korean woman eating noodles using chopsticks. Over the photo is written in white and bold, "South Korea's food porn fad". Screen reader support enabled. A Korean woman eating noodles using chopsticks. Over the photo is written in white and bold, "South Korea's food porn fad".
October 1, 2015
Did You Know South Koreans Love Food Porn?
Brushstrokes: 4000 Years for Choice
Drawing of an aloe vera plant in red colour. On top of it is written "Gather" in blue. In the background is written in blue, "Theodore Priscianus, a 4th century Roman doctor, documented a mixture of aloe, apopanax root, and myrrh to induce an abortion. It was used 'when a woman was too young or the opening of the womb was too small.' Aloe had over thirty different medicinal uses in ancient times, and continued to be used by midwives and pharmacists to "stimulate" menstruation through the 1800s."

Foods of various kinds have been historically used to prevent conception and to induce abortion. 4000 Years For Choice celebrates the practices…

By Curated Content
October 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: 4000 Years for Choice
A Chicken Tikka Roll For Real Men
Screenshot of a YouTube page. The video still shows a husband sitting at a dining table. His wife stands nearby, talking to him, pointing to a mixer kept on the table.

Bakasura Chicken Tikka Roll. 100% Wholesome. Made for Real Men. In the home delivery menu card of a local restaurant,…

By Shikha Aleya
October 1, 2015
A Chicken Tikka Roll For Real Men
Review: East Side Sushi (2015)
Sushi on a white plate.

Time: 1hr 47min In English, Spanish and Japanese, with English subtitles “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if…

By Kristin Francoeur
October 1, 2015
Review: East Side Sushi (2015)
Of Green Tea, Weight Loss, and Living As #PCOS4Ever
Four cups of different flavoured teas kept in a row horizontally. Next to each is kept corresponding dry tea leaves.

“You know, most healthy girls get this disorder if they don’t lose weight easily,” chimed my high school best friend…

By Noopur Raval
October 1, 2015
Of Green Tea, Weight Loss, and Living As #PCOS4Ever