Tune in for narratives critical to our times. Listen, ask and seek answers.
Vivek Tejuja
Vivek Tejuja loves food and cats, and wants nothing more than to swim in a sea of books. An accidental writer, he cherishes solitude and wishes that there was more time to read, and write. He is the Culture Editor at Verve Magazine. A Mumbai boy through and through, the sea is an inseparable part of his existence; so are men.
Session
Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility & the New Middle Class
Michiel Baas in conversation with Vivek Tejuja
Unraveling a world hidden in plain sight, Michiel Baas’ Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility & the New Middle Class introduces us to the inner workings of the gyms of a ‘new India’. An opportunity of upward mobility for the trainers and specialists, these spaces also provide a break from the traditional masculinity represented by the pehlwans of the akharas. In a conversation with author Vivek Tejuja, Baas discusses the intricacies of the use of bodily capital to escape class barriers and the contradictions within a space that has taken India by storm.