shot-button
Loader

Paromita Vohra

Articles

Fireflies and heart lamps

Fireflies and heart lamps

Translation, more visibly than other practices dispels the cult of the solitary genius, as it foregrounds the inherently collaborative nature of art

25 May,2025 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Love, oddly

Love, oddly

Dinklage makes haste to leave, falls into the water and whoosh! His creative block is gone, as an entire new opera passes before his eyes

11 May,2025 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Analog sexy

Analog sexy

But if stardom tells us anything, it’s that we are beings of infinite desires. And desire is usually a question, not an answer

27 April,2025 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar

Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar

JK Rowling populates the mindset, typified by Donald Trump, that responds to heterogeneity with a domineering nostalgia for ye olde absolute categories

20 April,2025 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
In sickness and health, I do

In sickness and health, I do

Writing a column is also like being a maasi. You are inside and outside; free of daily attendance, yet responsible and involved

13 April,2025 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Poems from prison

Poems from prison

A passionate and articulate speaker, she grew into a young leader. In any other times this journey would inspire people, fill them with admiration.

06 April,2025 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
For the love of lauki

For the love of lauki

Which young faces will not take on Charlie Chaplin expressions of betrayal and horror, self-pity and terror when confronted with lauki, turai, tinday and baingan?

30 March,2025 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Manliness

Manliness

Adolesence re-inaugurates a discussion on masculinity

23 March,2025 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Solidarity’s siren song

Solidarity’s siren song

Words are magic. So you can do magic tricks with them. ASHA means hope, like in “dil hai chhota sa, chhoti si Asha”

16 March,2025 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Roza Pop is here

Roza Pop is here

Muslim culture is usually represented in some typical ways: either in terms of religious zeal, especially when it is poorer communities

09 March,2025 07:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra

This website uses cookie or similar technologies, to enhance your browsing experience and provide personalised recommendations. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. OK