The I Column
I did not know what feminism meant, but I remember being told I’m too rough for a girl. Or, was…
“Mamma, look, that’s a boy giraffe, I can see his penis,” exclaims my four-year-old daughter in delight at her discovery…
Before I was introduced to theatre and the arts in the 11th standard, the future I saw for myself was…
One gets introduced to feminism through various modes: through books, through university courses, through parents and sometimes one does not…
“You know, most healthy girls get this disorder if they don’t lose weight easily,” chimed my high school best friend…
A lot of research concludes that globally, young people aren’t learning enough about sexuality, and that they would like to…
When I was 16, I thought: ‘Some topics in physics have no benefit for students throughout their life. For instance,…
This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. Menstruation was…
If the Internet didn’t exist, I believe I would be a highly insecure person. Don’t read that the wrong…
[slideshow_deploy id=’6158′] I remember the first time I learnt of menstruation as a ten year old. One of our friends…
India is home to a whopping 17.5% of the total world population. Half of this population is its women. No, correction,…
My experience of school, as I remember it, was quite conflicted. As a child I lacked the vocabulary to describe…
A very hot July afternoon had forcibly pushed both of us inside a fancy Delhi mall. The air-conditioner was bringing…
It was at the end of the first week of October (2013) that my maternal uncle and I went to…
I am a 26-year-old woman. Is there anything extraordinary about it? Maybe not. But there is certainly something extraordinary in…