TARSHI
January 13, 2025
Editorial – Parents, Teachers, and CSE
Each time a child or adolescent asks a question that may be (even indirectly) related to sexuality, many parents and teachers get squirmy and nervous. This may be because they themselves do not have the information required, but in most cases, it has more to do with the ‘hush-hush’ that surrounds sexuality.
By TARSHI
December 18, 2024
Editorial – Gender and Sexuality
Gender and sexuality are like constituent parts of a jigsaw puzzle that keeps morphing in such a way that nothing ever ‘fits’ for long, and the game begins anew each time.
By TARSHI
November 19, 2024
TARSHI at gFest, Gurugram
This exhibition covered themes such as gender roles and division of labour, migration and belonging, disability and queerness, and the lived experiences of women artists.
By TARSHI
November 19, 2024
Editorial – Workplaces and Sexuality
Sexuality and the workplace are closely related, and a safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental human right.
By TARSHI
September 18, 2024
Video: Pride @ Godrej
Just this month, Godrej DEI Lab has launched a video, Pride @Godrej to celebrate Pride as a year-round commitment to…
By TARSHI
September 18, 2024
Editorial – Queering as a Way of Life
Queering is not about being queer but about doing queer – about going beyond binaries of gender and sexuality, questioning accepted perspectives, and challenging and upending normative ways of being in the world.
By TARSHI
July 22, 2024
Video Corner: Queering as a Way of Life | An In Plainspeak Webinar
At TARSHI, we see queering as more than just an adjective; it’s a verb, an action that involves questioning accepted…
By TARSHI
Editorial – The Pandemic and Sexuality
This month’s offering of articles, poems and fiction is an eclectic mix that (mostly) reflects what was borne out of the pandemic, and its impact on sexuality, intimacy, relationships, and more.
By TARSHI
May 16, 2024
Editorial – Entertainment and Sexuality
So much power and so much reach in the case of entertainment can be used as a force for good or for its opposite.
By TARSHI
March 18, 2024
TARSHI at the Movies!
We decided to watch Animal and OMG 2 and found that both the movies bring up many of the issues that we work on.
By TARSHI
March 18, 2024
Video: Meet The Woman Helping Bollywood Have Better Sex
Aastha Khanna is India’s first intimacy coordinator who is making sure that a film’s vision is realised without flouting anyone’s boundaries, or leading to general awkwardness on set, especially when it comes to intimate scenes.
By TARSHI
March 18, 2024
Editorial: 2024 Anthology Issue
In a world increasingly riven by suspicion, hatred and destruction, it feels awkward to say “Happy New Year!” But then,…
By TARSHI
January 11, 2024
Editorial – Digital Spaces and Sexuality
Digital entanglements transcend bodies, time, geographical borders and boundaries, influencing – and perhaps fundamentally changing – the ways in which we understand, explore and express our sexuality.
By TARSHI
December 18, 2023
Editorial – Fashion and Sexuality
In tailoring the way we present ourselves to the world – be it as fashionista, frump or an artful fusion of the two – we think we are the ones making a choice about how we express our gender and sexuality along with other markers of our identity.
By TARSHI
October 19, 2023