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Video Page: Mere Saathi
Saathi IIT Bombay, an LGBTQ resource group of students and staff at IIT Bombay welcomed new entrants in 2015 with…
By Curated Content
February 1, 2018
Interview: Sridhar Rangayan
In this Issue of In Plainspeak, we speak to Sridhar Rangayan about dimensions of friendship and sexuality. Sridhar is an…
By Shikha Aleya
February 1, 2018
Being a friend does not make him better than a stalker: Glorification of men who can’t take no for an answer in Hindi cinema
The very last lines of a film are the voice-over by the hero, “Someday I will convince her to… marry me”….
By Shaifali Agrawal
Friendships Between Women: Norms, Intimacies and Imaginations
It has troubled me for a long time now that there are hardly any Bollywood block busters that focus on…
By Shruti Arora
February 1, 2018
The Sisterhood of Sexuality
“Order me one too,” a friend said as I secretly purchased a vibrator online during a class so boring, I…
By Aakriti
February 1, 2018
Brushstrokes: Birth Control Tales
Framed as fun conversations between friends, a series of comic strips on different birth control methods –implants, intrauterine devices, injectable, and pill,…
By Curated Content
February 1, 2018
Editorial: The Anniversary Issue
Happy New Year! May we all have more to celebrate, enjoy and be happy about! We bring you this anniversary…
By TARSHI
January 2, 2018
REVIEW: WHAT SEX WORK TAUGHT FEMINISM: TALES OF THE NIGHT FAIRIES
Five sex workers – four women and one man – along with the filmmaker/narrator embark on a journey of storytelling….
By Moulshri Mohan
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR
She was 17 when she was rescued from a dance bar. Now she’s 18 and she wants to go back. As an adult. And…
By Bishakha Datta
January 2, 2018
COMING UP FOR AIR: WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO GROW UP QUEER?
Why are boys afraid to cry? Why don’t people associate boxers with women? Because ‘boys don’t cry’, and fighting ‘like…
By Zoya Achanta
January 2, 2018
ISSUE IN FOCUS: LEAVING HOME AND RECLAIMING SELF
As I sit to write this piece, somehow the song Aap Ki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar from the 1978…
By Chayanika Shah
January 2, 2018
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES
I was speaking with my friend, Priya[1], about her health issues. She is fifty, unhappily married with an uninspiring sex…
I COLUMN : FICTION AND SEXUALITY
Her eyes are open now, she looks at him. There is sadness there. “What my love? What happened?” he asks….
By Shikha Aleya
January 2, 2018
BRUSHSTROKES: ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SUM UP BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU HAVE ADHD
What happens to love, romance and sex when you have a disorder like ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? Are they…
By Curated Content