Visual Corner
Video Page: Risky Business
In a society where the very pursuit of erotic pleasure is often stigmatised, when sexual desires are often seen through the narrow lenses of penetrative sex and as means for reproduction, it is considered radical for an older woman who is already the mother of adult children to seek pleasure.
By Curated Content
February 3, 2020
Video Page: Purl
In Pixar’s short film Purl, a pink ball of yarn – a stand-in for anyone who’s ‘different’ – is faced with this dilemma in a workplace context (the analogy would work in other contexts as well).
By Curated Content
May 1, 2019
January 4, 2016
Video Page: Naked Feelings
In a world where the body and its desires often become a site for personal insecurities and external policing, confronting the same body in its raw, physical nakedness, and feeling utterly, irrevocably comfortable with it is almost a revolutionary act
By Curated Content
October 1, 2018
Video Page: My First Time
“First times” can be awkward, exhilarating, and everything in between. They come with the tentativeness of sexual exploration – of figuring out what one wants and of nervously (and excitedly) seeking it out
By Curated Content
November 1, 2018
Video Page: Moustaches Unlimited
Is a moustache synonymous with the socially established understanding of what makes a ‘man’, is it what marks the degree of manliness, or rather, the degree of male privilege, and is it something that defines the kind of relationships men share with each other?
By Curated Content
October 1, 2019
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
Video Page: Mardistan (Macholand): Reflections on Indian Manhood
In a culture where masculinity is often considered to be synonymous with power, how are the daily lives, experiences and ideologies of men influenced by this norm?
By Curated Content
Video Page: Love Waits For No-One in Moi Marjaani
“A spirited independent single mother struggles on a daily basis to provide a comfortable life to her son and herself. She runs a small Internet cafe in Patiala, Punjab for a living, and is an Internet user herself. The film highlights a phase in her life when love comes knocking on her door. If only its timing was right!”
By Curated Content
January 5, 2017
Video Page: Lost & Found
Lost & Found is about two strangers trying to steal a moment of passion while looking for their own space…
By Shrenik
January 1, 2014
December 1, 2014
Video Page: Li Chenxi Keeps Up the Fantasy by Renting a Boyfriend
Trying to live up to the expectations of those you care about isn’t easy! Li Chenxi is 27 years old and has been facing pressure from her family to get married. She herself has no such desire and is fine with the way she lives; but to keep those she cares about happy she, like so many of us, finds a creative way to sustain her mum’s fantasy!
By Curated Content
November 3, 2016
Video Page: Leading Lady Parts
The short film Leading Lady Parts offers incisive commentary on how femininity and female sexuality are represented in popular culture.
By Curated Content
December 3, 2018
Video Page: Lata Mani on Neoliberalisation and Gender
Watch media theorist, linguist and philosopher, Wolfgang Sutzl interview feminist historian and cultural critic Lata Mani about the impact of neoliberalism…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2015
Video Page: Khaney Mein Kya Hai?
The engaging and humorous short film Khaney Mein Kya Hai (What’s to eat?) focuses on a seemingly mundane conversation between a…
By Curated Content
November 1, 2017