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Are they people or just a number?
You see, numbers are tricky, data is tricky. More importantly, data is dehumanising. Add sexuality and intimacy to this and the waters get even murkier. Maybe it’s good to leave a few things unaffected by too much data. Maybe we do not want to talk about data and sexuality. Maybe we instead want to talk about why data around gender and sexuality must not be recorded, and instead, maybe focus on why we should honour every kind of sexual preference which is within the purview of the safe and consensual.
By Asmi
May 15, 2021
Androgyny is a Quality of the Mind
As clear as I was about my sexuality, I was just as unclear about how I wanted to look and what felt good.
By Debashree
September 20, 2023
Androgynous Divinity: Celebrating Transsexuality in the Kolkata Durga Puja
The replacement of the traditional Durga idol by that of the Ardhanarishwara, without any obdurate protest, highlights the true carnivalesque spirit of Kolkata’s most looked-forward-to festival.
By Kaustav Bakshi and Arnab Adak
And quietly flow thoughts on being and not being…
In the uncertainty and volatility of the pandemic, Pramada Menon examines what has changed for herself, for the world, and for the various attributes of the workplace – mentorship, conversations, power, and purpose, among others.
By Pramada Menon
December 15, 2021
And He Said, ‘I Love You, Masti’
One morning at the programme, I found he was ignoring me. I was also busy with my assigned work so I was not able to follow up with him until the break. During the break, he came and sat next to me, came closer and suddenly kissed me on the cheek.
By Smriti Dhingra
June 5, 2016
An Unsteadiness of Self: Marriage and Immigration in Authoritarian Times
When recently reading about the spouses of H1-B ‘skilled guest worker’ visa holders, certain themes resonate with me. These women discuss how it was not just their CVs that suffered from the forced career break – until 2015, spouses on restrictive H-4 paperwork were forbidden from pursuing employment in the U.S. – but that their core sense of self took a hit.
By Kristin Francoeur
An open letter to a former friend
(Tread gently. This article contains material on sexual assault) Dear A, I don’t know why I’m writing this. Maybe it…
By K F
June 15, 2020
An ode to kimam wali raat: The erotic adventures of paan in Indian history
Paan is not only the bearer of stories but a medium through which these stories were told. And each ingredient that goes into the making of a paan has its own narrative.
By Annika Amber
An Invisible Diversity of Gaze
There are a number of different ways to approach this theme, Films and Sexuality. One way is through the eyes of the popcorn-eating, samosa-chomping, money-paying audience member who chooses to see or not see a film, who likes or dislikes it, who makes the film a box-office hit, or pans it.
By Shikha Aleya
January 5, 2017
An invisible disability: My partner for life
Fifteen percent of the global population lives with a disability1, and these are the recorded numbers only for officially recognized disabilities….
By Pooja Priyamvada
August 16, 2021
An Interview with Disability and Sexuality Rights Activist Kiran
He is the founder of a number of support organisations that focus on sexuality and disability issues at the grassroots. Over multiple conversations conducted in Hindi and English, Kiran and Shikha Aleya discussed issues of sexuality, access and disability based on some of Kiran’s life experiences.
By Shikha Aleya
An Indefinite Sentence: Love, Homophobia and the AIDS Panic in 1980s India
I WAS 26 YEARS OLD in 1988, living in Delhi, where I had recently moved after several years as a…
By Curated Content
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia By FELICIA R. LEE APRIL 9, 2014 Tatyana Fazlalizadeh pasted her self-portrait Friday…
By Curated Content
An (A)sexual Awakening
I had my sexual awakening in college. Or rather, the realisation that I would never have a ‘sexual awakening’ hit…
By Kavya Kartik
February 1, 2016
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory
Amrita Pritam’s legacy for women and subsequent generations is to intentionally challenge status quo, trying to use art to challenge accepted taboos and redefine them. Be fearless, unabashed and courageous in the face of crude censorship and charges of obscenity, of raising and using your voice to speak as you see the world – not in the manner that the world expects you to speak.
By Curated Content