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Akash Joshi
Mar 31, 20228 min read
finding my way Home
Monsoon, 2015 (Mumbai) A brown body, dotted with pigments of black and white, was on top of me. It pushed itself into me noisily and...
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Akash Joshi
Feb 27, 202210 min read
A New Year
The moment I saw my reflection in the mirror running hands all over that snug fit of a red dress, I began fantasizing the course that...
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Akash Joshi
Jul 27, 20215 min read
Spots of Light
Everytime I visit The Future of the Past, I find myself at a crossroads: should I (voluntarily) tumble down what seems like an abyss or...
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Akash Joshi
Jun 24, 20214 min read
Man, Park & Squirrel
My memory of the city I grew up in is rather unfairly occupied with parks. Parks with rows of stone-cut statues, parks on main arterial...
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Akash Joshi
Jun 7, 20215 min read
A Matter of Weeks
Last week, my father had what I can best describe as an anxiety attack. I was on my way to the kitchen to fetch a water bottle when I saw...
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Akash Joshi
Jun 6, 20212 min read
Not So Long Ago
A movement's longevity and its imprint on the public imagination is more often than not accentuated by its participative people and the...
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Akash Joshi
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Home
What is 'home' made of? Is it a collection of people? objects? memories? Is it an evolving being? Does it have a life independent of its...
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Akash Joshi
Jun 26, 20193 min read
The Future of the Past
The process of recalling the past poses certain fundamental questions - how does one represent the events of the past in the present?...
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Akash Joshi
Jan 29, 20194 min read
Back to Basics
Image-making today has become a fairly simple exercise. We tap on our phone screens or press a button on our cameras and we can see the...
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Akash Joshi
Jan 26, 20191 min read
A Hyderabadi Floral Morning
It’s 4 A.M. Trucks, rickshaws and cycles ply in and out of the market complex. There’s hollering, name-calling, tossing of sacks, and...
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Akash Joshi
Jan 26, 20191 min read
From Residence to Ruin
The mention of ‘Awadh’ immediately brings to mind the city of Lucknow: its Nawabi architecture, its scrumptious kebabs and a romanticised...
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Akash Joshi
Nov 6, 20186 min read
Not Just Ram's Lila
An octogenarian ‘ustad’ sat behind the harmonium gives cues to a group of girls in front of him. The girls prod each other with their...
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Akash Joshi
Jul 4, 20182 min read
Mercantile Floral Mornings
Having lived in Mumbai for almost three years, the cacophony of the city had grown on me. A year of having travelled via the much...
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