OBJECTS OF OUR AFFECTION

A pair of payals. A tattered book.*A plushie brooch. _ Nupur Sarvaiya gets 12 creatives and celebrities to chronicle a personal treasure that.is priceless to them

- Nupur Sarvaiya

What makes something priceless? A rarest-of-rare jewel. A historical artefact. An item with intricate detailing.

A pricey purchase. Maybe. Often, the things we treasure most are ones drenched with significance and sentiment. Call them prized possessions, if you will, that bring us bliss and even conjure up some moment, someone, or somewhere.

These palpable manifestations of the intangible could be different items for everyone, from a travel memento to an heirloom for posterity. We invited a group of some of the coolest people we know, from actors to designers, to tell us the story of that possession that evokes emotion and is now permanently etched into their psyche.

SEEMA ANAND

SEX-POSITIVE MYTHOLOGIST, AUTHOR & STORYTELLER

In an era that shrouds and often stigmatises an open discourse about physical intimacy.

Seema Anand just wants people to have good sex.

The 62-year-old has made path-breaking endeavours in empowering women to harness the pleasure and power of sex, debunking sexual myths, and demystifying the Kama Sutra.

Her Instagram account has become a sanctum of solace and safety, and a fount of sage advice on sex, self-love and sensuality for her 1.5 million plus followers and fans.

For the self-confessed introvert, the courage to own her agency came from her father during her college days.