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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...
Akash Joshi
Mar 31, 20228 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...
Akash Joshi
Feb 27, 202210 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...
Akash Joshi
Jul 27, 20215 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...
Akash Joshi
Jun 24, 20214 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...
Akash Joshi
Jun 7, 20215 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...
Akash Joshi
Jun 6, 20212 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...
Akash Joshi
Jul 1, 20202 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?...
Akash Joshi
Jun 26, 20193 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...
Akash Joshi
Jan 29, 20194 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...
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...
Akash Joshi
Jan 26, 20191 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...
Akash Joshi
Nov 6, 20186 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...
Akash Joshi
Jul 4, 20182 min read
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