Voices
Providing sexual services to clients with disability
I’ve been a sex worker for over 20 years. I’m a migrant sex worker based in Sydney, Australia but have…
By Rachel Wotton
August 1, 2014
‘What can we do for them?’
‘How can she claim to be deaf if she doesn’t use sign language?’ ‘I’m glad this film has articulated the…
By Shweta Ghosh
August 1, 2014
Unraveling the Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too
‘People say, someone who has a disability should not indulge in sex,’ Inocente, a blind man in his 40s, told…
By Shantha Rau Barriga
August 1, 2014
Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women with Disabilities: The Long Road Ahead
Motherhood is hallowed concept in Indian society – folklore and stories of branding women who do not bear a child…
By Shampa Sengupta
Voices: Poetry
Boys standing up to their fathers are invitations to patriarchy When boys become men it is marked by celebratory loud…
By Lean Deleon
July 1, 2014
In conversation with Sheema Kermani
Sheema Kermani is a cultural activist, theatre practitioner, theatre director and a known Pakistani exponent of Indian classical dance. She had studied Bharatanatyam…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
Sex Toys and Law – The Unexplored Opportunity
Sex toys are an exception to the basic understanding of toys. First of all, these toys are generally used by…
By Jasmine George
June 1, 2014
Laws, Consent and Implications for CSE
Providing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) remains one of the most contested and complex issues within the sexual and reproductive health…
By Rupsa Mallik
June 1, 2014
Love and Sex in the Time of the POCSO Act, 2012
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), defines a ‘child’ to mean ‘any person below the…
By Swagata Raha
June 1, 2014
Bodies Beyond Rights
This piece attempts to think about how bodies are produced and circulate in moving registers and discourses, chiefly around the question of representation.
By Vikramaditya Sahai
May 1, 2014
Love Letter to the Body Project
TO MY BODY: I would have addressed you as ‘Dear’ but perhaps we both know how complicated that would be.
By Yamini Deenadayalan
May 1, 2014
Mirroring Reality: A Conversation with Sabiha Sumar – Part 2
In continuation of Mirroring Reality: A Conversation with Sabiha Sumar – Part 1 Sabiha Sumar presents the harsh reality of…
By Surbhi Dewan
March 15, 2014
Feminism and Science: Teaching and Learning ‘Science in the Making’
Chayanika Shah [1] in conversation with Vivek Vellanki Vivek Vellanki: You did your PhD in Physics from IIT in the 1980s,…
By Vivek Vellanki