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In conversation with Sheema Kermani
Sheema Kermani is a cultural activist, theatre practitioner, theatre director and a known Pakistani exponent of Indian classical dance. She had studied Bharatanatyam…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
यौनिक सम्बन्धों में चयन का अधिकार
आली द्वारा प्रकाशित आली द्वारा 6 राज्यों में (जिसमें उ.प्र., म.प्र., हरियाणा, महाराष्ट्र, पश्चिम बंगाल व केरल शामिल हैं) इस विषय…
By Guest Writer
June 1, 2014
The Editorial: Law and Sexuality
Is Law restrictive and limiting or can it be liberating and provide people a sense of agency when it comes…
By TARSHI
June 1, 2014
Laws, Consent and Implications for CSE
Providing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) remains one of the most contested and complex issues within the sexual and reproductive health…
By Rupsa Mallik
June 1, 2014
Desire Against Desire
Post the historic Naz Foundation judgment of the Delhi High Court in July 2009, a prominent English news magazine carried…
By Oishik Sircar
June 1, 2014
Interview : Arvind Narrain
JG: As a founder member of The Alternative Law Forum (ALF) you have engaged with conventional law and at the…
By Jasmine George
June 1, 2014
Love and Sex in the Time of the POCSO Act, 2012
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), defines a ‘child’ to mean ‘any person below the…
By Swagata Raha
June 1, 2014
ILLUSTRATION REPORTAGE: MONAZ DIARY
Illustration Reportage: Monaz Diary About MONAZ DIARY Manish Nayak likes to call herself Monaz as she feels the name completes…
By Anirban Ghosh
June 1, 2014
How Scarlett Johansson Helped me Challenge Disfigurement Stigma
Adam Pearson was born with a condition that causes tumours to grow on his face. But acting with Scarlett Johansson in ‘Under the Skin’ is changing the way people look at him.
By Curated Content
Beauty is The Beast: How Women Let Their Looks Matter
The young Suchitra Sen – then plain Krishna Dasgupta – apparently once sat on a school bench and announced that she would be remembered long after her death. An ordinary middle class girl who was one of nine siblings, and an average student bereft of any artistic talent, all Sen had was her looks. But apparently, that was enough. “She was conscious of her great beauty… and behaved as if she… deserved every bit of the natural selection,” wrote Susmita Dasgupta in a thoughtful Facebook note.
By Curated Content
Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o’s Speech on Beauty That Left An Entire Audience Speechless
But a few days before her historic Oscar win (for the first movie she’s ever been in!) Lupita accepted an award for Best Breakthrough Performance at the seventh annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon hosted by Essence magazine. It was there she delivered a speech on beauty that every little girl should hear.
By Curated Content
और जन्म हुआ गज़ल का !
पंजाब में रहने वाला गुनराज बचपन से ही प्यारा सा शर्मीला बच्चा था। अक्सर उसे लगता था कि इस दुनिया में वह ही एक मात्र ऐसा लड़का होगा जिसे लगता है कि वह एक लड़की है। जितना भी उसे उसके परिवार वाले या उसके दोस्त लड़के के रूप में देखते थे, उतना ही उसे लगता था कि वह लोग गलत हैं, क्योंकि वह तो एक लड़की है।
By Nirantar
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014