Voices

Mirroring Reality: A Conversation with Sabiha Sumar
Mirroring Reality: A Conversation with Sabiha Sumar
March 1, 2014
Mirroring Reality: A Conversation with Sabiha Sumar
Consent and violation
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Consent and violation

I was in standard 9th. She was our new Political Science teacher. Our entire class adored her; after all, she…
By Guest Writer
February 15, 2014
Consent and violation
What does consent mean to you?
Picture of a woman holding up a placard that says "Consent is respecting yourself and the other"
What does consent mean to you?

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By Disha Luthra
February 1, 2014
What does consent mean to you?
Voices: Many facets of consent
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Voices: Many facets of consent

Consent [1] has always been a loaded term and when we qualify it with ‘informed’, the realistic practical understanding of…
By Pooja Badarinath
February 1, 2014
Voices: Many facets of consent
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
A still of actor Divya Dutta from the film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. She is wearing a pink headscarf and bloue jacket, and her right palm is held up to her head in the manner of a salute.
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity

 In one of the most compelling and difficult scenes in 2013’s acclaimed Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a young Milkha Singh is…
By Parigya Sharma
February 1, 2014
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
Poem: Age 7
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Poem: Age 7

tender lips that had forgotten, momentarily, the taste of mother’s milk and couldn’t tell the silence of the womb from…
By Mukesh
February 1, 2014
Poem: Age 7
Voices: I Am Queer
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Voices: I Am Queer

  I look at you, a warm embrace, with arms, eyes, mind, heart and soul. You look at me, eyes…
By Asmi
January 1, 2014
Voices: I Am Queer
Voices: A Thinly Veiled Act Of Cowardice?
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Voices: A Thinly Veiled Act Of Cowardice?

Haiku for the Disenfranchised:        An overcooked symphony the angry voices scream  ‘377. Unnatural Offences – Whoever voluntarily…
By Neha Naqvi
January 1, 2014
Voices: A Thinly Veiled Act Of Cowardice?
Voices: Finding Pride
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Voices: Finding Pride

In Warsaw, it was a remnant.  My first lesson in language barriers came with an incorrect translation of the time…
By Sarah Holland Bacot
January 1, 2014
Voices: Finding Pride
Voices: Interview With Rudrani Chettri
Voices: Interview With Rudrani Chettri
January 1, 2014
Voices: Interview With Rudrani Chettri
Voices: Terha Pakistan
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Voices: Terha Pakistan

‘Pakistan is a homophobic place,’ Karim continues. ‘As in any other conservative society, queers can have all the sex and…
By Hira Nabi
January 1, 2014
Voices: Terha Pakistan
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