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चाय पीते–पीते अचानक बारिश की बूंदों की आवाज़ सुनाई दी। मैं ख़ुशी से बाहर झाकने लगी और तुमसे मैंने कहा…
By Pramada Menon
April 16, 2018
भ्रांतियों को दूर करना – विकलांग लोग भी यौन रूप से सक्रिय होते हैं
इनोसेंते नामक 40 वर्षीय नेत्रहीन पुरुष ने ज़ाम्बिया में ‘ह्यूमन राइट्स वाच’ संगठन के अनुसंधानकर्ता को बताया, ‘“लोग कहते हैं…
By Shantha Rau Barriga
Issue in Focus: Memory and Sexuality – A Methodological Approach
A methodological approach to the study of memory and sexuality helps delineate interesting connections between the two: memory as a methodological tool for the study of sexualities, memory as an object of study, and the role of personal memory in the formation of individual sexualities.
By Varsha Chitnis
Interview: Satya Rai Nagpaul
Satya Rai Nagpaul, award winning cinematographer and FTII graduate, trans man, and trans rights activist, speaks about the influence and role of memory in his own life.
By Shikha Aleya
April 2, 2018
Paromitar Ek Din: Recalling Memories of Sexual Solidarity
Paromitar Ek Din is a study in female subjectivity – it is essentially a woman telling the story (or rather, recollecting the story) of another woman, and reflecting upon themes of sexuality, oppression, and gender-based discrimination.
By Rohini Banerjee
Trauma, the Body & Memory
In addition to healing from sexual trauma, which took a lot of work, the most joyful part of this journey has been a discovery of my own sexuality.
April 2, 2018
Queer Archiving: Memory, Law and Sexuality
Could we imagine QAMRA as an archive that is alive, and interventionist, that is enabling the creation of a new space for dialogue while assiduously documenting the lives, work and interventions of existing and older histories?
By T. Jayashree and Siddharth Narrain
April 2, 2018
How my Memory Introduced me to my Caste
Historically, morality has been a privilege of the Savarna, and sexuality has been the fort that Savarna men seek to protect through patriarchy.
By dyuti
April 2, 2018
Building Resilience from Memories
By creating a safe space to discuss these issues [of sexual abuse] and acknowledging these experiences, we can find a way to address the root cause and move forward in our healing process.
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
April 2, 2018
Brushstrokes: NSFW: Student’s Powerful Art Project Reveals the Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault
Emma Krenzer, a 19-year-old student has made waves with her art project, creating a map showing the lasting impact of human touch.
By Curated Content
Video: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Up Queer and Invisible
This video series draws upon childhood and teenage memories to offer an insightful, humorous and often poignant Beginner’s Guide to Growing Up Queer and Invisible.
By Curated Content
Editorial: Home and Sexuality
Home. Be it a real home or an aspirational one, the very word evokes longing and a sense of comfort, safety, and belongingness. As this month’s articles show us, when it comes to home and sexuality, sometimes the real and the aspirational meet and sometimes they do not. Our homes may house us but they may or may not have room for our sexual expression and desires.
By TARSHI
March 19, 2018
Exposed Book Wall: The Night Train at Deoli and Other Tales of Delusional Love
Coming back to finding a utopic home within the narratives from The Night Train at Deoli, the book wasn’t necessarily an escape from what constituted the material home, but rather an assurance that love can have plural possibilities, and so can what comes to be ‘home’.
By Swati Vijaya
Do queer migrants from the Northeast find Indian cities alienating or empowering?
Despite the existence of various pockets in which a Northeastern queer could possibly reclaim and celebrate their racial identity, our sexual orientation conjures an awkward indifference and discomfort within our kin.
By Davidson and Pavel
बंटवारे की कहानियाँ : जब मेरी दादी ग़ालिब को सरहद पार ले आयीं
गुमशुदा घरों से जुडी कहानियाँ आज दुनिया के कोने-कोने में मिलती हैं, लेकिन फिर भी देखा गया है कि लोग…
By Surbhi Dewan