Das Wetter

The India Edition

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Das Wetter is an independent cultural magazine founded in Berlin in October 2013. Our India special, created in collaboration with their team, features interviews, literary texts, and photos produced during their stay in Delhi. Immerse yourself in India's subculture and artist scene, and discover the fascinating nightlife of the Delhi metropolis.

Interviews

Kavya Trehan
“The last feeling I ever want to feel is being bored”

Kavya Trehan is a singer-songwriter, recording and performing artist from New Delhi, India, who has been performing since the age of 14. In the interview she speaks about her projects, her relationship with art and her roots.

Portrait of Kavya Trehan Foto (Detail): Amelie Kahn-Ackermann

Pratyan Chakraborty
“I basically grew up being an introvert”

Pratyan Chakraborty is a poet, model and queer activist. In this interview, held in a park on a hot day, they talk about being queer in New Delhi and how they got into writing poetry and modelling.

Photo (detail): Amelie Kahn-Ackermann
Prismer Taxx, Shreya Josh
“To enjoy is a form of resilience”

How do you create a safe space to party and feel good in New Delhi? DJ Prismer Traxx and tattooist and artist Shreya Josh talk about their contribution to the metropolis’ nightlife in an interview.

Photo (detail): Amelie Kahn-Ackermann

PROSE AND POETRY

Toshada Uma
To fashion or not to fashion

Toshada Uma was discovered as a model at a young age. She describes in her essay a journey through the fashion world, from the time she was scouted to the highs and lows of a career in an industry that is often characterised by its ruthless nature.

Portrait of Toshada Uma Photo (detail): Amelie Kahn-Ackermann

In the future, somewhere

What if there was a house where everyone was welcome. A poem by Anureet Watta about a future dream and a second poem called “The Government has it under control”.

Photo (detail): Amelie Kahn-Ackermann
Pratyan Chakraborty
Relapse | Ruminating

Pratyan Chakraborty, a poet, model and queer activist, says she is influenced by Sylvia Plath and Confessional Poetry when writing her poems. Read two of Pratyan’s poems here.

Photo (detail): Amelie Kahn-Ackermann
Tanita Olbrich
Delhi Cams

Filmmaker Tanita Olbrich travelled to Delhi with Wetter magazine. In her essay, she describes how Delhi and Berlin resemble each other when seen through the lenses of security cameras.

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Marius Goldhorn
Marius’ Sturz nach Kalkutta

The fruit bats fly over the heads of Pratyan and Marius, while in Marius Goldhorn's head “everything is too big” for him to find words for his visit to India. He tries anyway.

© Unsplash, Rimjhim Agrawal