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Expanding contexts give the word ‘movement’ different meanings and value. Physical, conceptual, technological, relationship, emotional, mental, power, knowledge, ability, access, may be amongst the contexts immediately identified.
By Shikha Aleya
May 3, 2022
Interview – Tishani Doshi
I’ve essentially thought of movement as a kind of freedom, but one that has the capacity to destabilise you in some way. My most creative moments are when I’m not moving, when I am in fact rooted and still.
By Shikha Aleya
May 3, 2022
High Heels and Loose-fitting Clothes: Movement Unfettered
How should I walk, what should my gait be like, what kind of clothes can I wear that will sort of cover me up…? This indecisiveness and the burden of, “What will others think?” are some of the worries, that I carried for a long time while making decisions like: “Is this going to expose too much skin?”, “Is this going to look a certain way that I may not like to present myself as?”
By Taniya Mondal
Masculinity, queer representation, and the motifs of movement in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’
The film has all the makings and trimmings of a commercial thriller – a dynamic story, song and dance, an action-packed climax – and at the same time, it is a cinephile’s film.
By Srishti Gupta
Two Poems: ‘Stepwells’ & ‘In the Dimly Lit Room’
Just like on a misty morning,
we both
sit
without a shred of adornment
on these ancient stepwells
and the call of the hummingbirds
offer us sensations,
imagination,
and our innocence
May 3, 2022
ख़ामोश प्यार – स्कूली जीवन में यौनिकता पर बातचीत
स्कूल के नियम और अनुशासन मुझ से पूरी तरह से आज्ञाकारी और निर्देशों को मानने वाली छात्रा होने की उम्मीद रखते थे और शायद मेरी यौनिकता और जीवन विकल्पों के मेरे चुनाव पर नियंत्रण रखने को भी अपना अधिकार क्षेत्र समझते थे।
By Meghna Bohidar
May 3, 2022
Video – Tishani Doshi: Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods (poetry/dance)
In the video section, watch Tishani Doshi perform one of her most haunting and popular poems ‘Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods’. Using the movements of/in body, music and language, it is a powerful expression of Tishani’s expansive vision of resistance, freedom and solidarity in the face of violence.
By Curated Content
Editorial – Spaces and Sexuality
A space can make us feel constricted or liberated, and sometimes even both at the same and at varying times. The combination of spaces that we may be occupying in the moment, as well as those we have in the past, predisposes us to act, feel and experience our sexuality in different ways.
By TARSHI
April 18, 2022
Shouldn’t The World Be Big Enough?
We live in a world where resilience is celebrated and given priority over attempting to resolve factors that force one to be resilient. Campuses shouldn’t aim to merely be inclusive of diverse individuals – they must strive to not only affirm them but also celebrate them.
By Mythili Menon
April 18, 2022
Locating the ‘Nagar’ in ‘Nagarkirtan’: Identifying the feeling of socio-sexual rootlessness in the Transgender community
The plot of the movie narrates the tale of the love that grows between two people who are struggling to survive in a world of rootlessness and are continuing to make a cosy home for themselves. The love between Madhu, who works as a food delivery boy, and Puti, who survives by singing at traffic signals, blossoms while they cross paths everyday at the traffic signal and the look that they exchange appears to us as if each of them is trying to find a home in the other.
By Ria Basu
अरुवि: घर और ‘मासूमियत’ पर सवालात
समय के साथ-साथ अब मैं जान चुकी हूँ कि उनके इस उलाहने में ‘घर’ का मतलब सिर्फ वो जगह नहीं है जहां मेरे माता-पिता रहते हैं, बल्कि इसका मतलब उन सभी व्यवहारों और मान्यताओं से है जिनकी अक्सर माता-पिता अपने बच्चों से उम्मीद करते हैं।
By Vani Viswanathan
April 18, 2022
घर पर रहने के इच्छुक एक पिता की दास्तान
महिला और पुरुष की भूमिकाएँ अलग-अलग जगह, परिस्थितियों, लोगों और उनकी आर्थिक स्थिति के आधार पर बदलती रहती हैं। समय के साथ हो रहे इन बदलावों को देखते हैं लेकिन इन बदलावों से निपटना उन लोगो के लिए आसान नहीं जो इनसे गुज़रते हैं।
By Anees Rao
April 18, 2022
QUEER ON THE INTERNET: THE POLITICS OF VISIBILITY
This post was originally posted here. By A. Salman May 27, 2021 — “I really lack the imagining of a…
By Curated Content
April 18, 2022
On Healing: Envisioning Safe Queer Spaces And Practicing Accountability
This post was originally posted here. By Trishala Dutta October 28, 2021 — TW: Mention of violence and abuse Between…
By Feminism in India
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
This post was originally posted here. By Nivea Jain September 30, 2021 — While the social dimensions of gender inequality…
By Curated Content
April 18, 2022