The Nepal Earthquake and its devastating impact on the citizens of the country was also felt amongst a small group…
Cultural norms and religion no doubt affect the way we perceive the world. They shape one’s behaviour, habits and practices,…
An integral part of adolescents’ lived experiences of sexuality and romance often include negotiations with their families[1]. My research indicates…
Sex and sexuality are taboo subjects and not openly discussed. Yet, it is only when the sperm and egg fuse…
Should it have been a full stop or a question mark that finished the above title? It deeply confused me….
I run an NGO called AASRA, a 24×7 crisis intervention center for the depressed and suicidal. Day in and day…
“At the same time, eroticism in the home requires active engagement and willful intent. It is an ongoing resistance to…
A 22-year-old autistic young man with low intellectual functioning I work with, recently got into trouble with the police because…
For long, a major section of our population considered people belonging to sexual ‘minorities’ as being mentally ill. They believed…
Two weeks before India’s Daughter made it to the headlines, I came across this new pledge for Delhi school kids,…
She leans over casually, across me, and rummages in her bag for a moment. I push away the spark of…
“In Hindi, though there is a word for rape (balaatkaar), it is rarely used by women. Instead they say izzat…
I recently attended a talk titled ‘Streeshakti’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival. One of the speakers Lata Sharma, a Rajasthani…
Sexuality Education is not only about Sexual and Reproductive Health, but ideally also aims to address the question of adolescent…
No matter how many optional ways I’ve considered for starting this piece, I keep returning to ‘hot’ and ‘masala’. I’ve…