VICE INDIAflipped into All Stories2 days agoInside the Disastrous Network of Spiked Weed in Indiaverified_publisherVICE Asia - Arman KhanFrom ground glass, crushed anxiety pills and detergent powder to shoe polish and rat poison, the stuff dealers add to get you your high in India can cost you dearly. It’s a nightmare that Deepam wished he would have woken up from sooner – the kind that irreversibly changes your life, leaving you as …
VICE INDIAflipped into All Stories4 days agoThe Invisible Trauma of ‘Bhabhi’ Porn in the Lives of Indian Womenverified_publisherVICE Asia - Arman KhanFrom being fetishised by teenage boys to being reduced to a porn caricature in the workplace, the role can be uncomfortable for many Indian women. The first day of the wedding rituals for Sunaina – a 32-year-old homemaker from the city of Raipur in central India’s Chhattisgarh state – was supposed …
VICE INDIAflipped into All Stories5 days agoWho’s Your Dadi: India’s ‘Granfluencers’ Are Disrupting Social Media as We Know Itverified_publisherVICE Asia - Mihika AgarwalThey’re talking about sex, founding their own companies, auditioning for roles, and generally stirring things up. “Hello ma’am, is it safe to use vaginal tightening or lightening cream?” reads the caption on a seven-second Reel on Instagram. The inquiry is a DM extracted from the inbox of Seema …
VICE INDIAflipped into All StoriesInside India’s Nudist Communitiesverified_publisherVICE Asia - Jaishree KumarIndia has strict laws against public nudity but these nudists are finding ways to get around that. When Pooja, a 33-year-old homemaker from Bengaluru, India, wakes up every morning, she posts a nude photo of herself on her Instagram and then shares that with a Telegram group of Indian nudists. She …
VICE INDIAflipped into All StoriesWe Asked People Who’ve Chosen to Almost Never Wear Shoes: Why?verified_publisherVICE Asia - Arman Khan“My feet had no memory of their own.” It’s a memory that Polish blogger and content creator Eva zu Beck returns to often, from a time she describes as another life - when she cared about pedicured feet, high heels that clacked on glass floors, embroidered moccasins that marked her gait, and leather …
VICE INDIAflipped into All StoriesWhat’s Your Most Memorable Penis Experience? An Art Project Is Asking People to Spill the Beans.verified_publisherVICE Asia - Cherlyann MollanArtist Indu Harikumar’s latest project, Cock-a-doodle, aims to normalise conversations around the penis, and all kinds of feelings and experiences associated with it. Dick. Cock. Lund. Anaconda. Lollipop. Banana. We talk about the penis a lot. But we don’t talk about it the same way we talk about …