Voices
The Metro and Desires
People in the city move from their homes to their workplaces and back to their homes. The production of this everyday rhythm of the city makes people accustomed to the sexual overtones that come with it.
By Manvendra
January 11, 2024
Loitering Online: Conditions of Possibility
To claim the public then in arbitrary, messy and oppositional ways, whether on the streets or online is to challenge the neoliberal impulse which is located in the creation of order. To create place, to stake claim, thwarts the desires for the sanitised neoliberal city and is a politics.
By Shilpa Phadke
January 11, 2024
A ‘Peoples Self-Care’ In-the-Making: Perspectives on the Multiple Possibilities of Existence and Care
But self-care is not a clean and happy procedure, it is not definitively achievable when systematically explored. To understand the scope of self-care we need to see the ‘dark side’ of the landscape, and destroy the versions of self-care that denounce our plurality. In this fight, the only outcome can be a recognition of experiences beyond the wellness narrative structured around the neoliberal agenda. This article is an attempt at foregrounding some aspects of self-care that decentralise the prevalent commodification of it.
By Rukmini Banerjee
Hello?! Every Body in the R(/Z)oom?
Now, what you need is a good enough smartphone and sufficient data – these are the real “superstar” in the love affair between Big Tech and CSE.
By Gunjan Sharma
December 18, 2023
इच्छाओं की ओर मटरगश्ती
आख़िर डिजिटल माहौलों पर अपना हक़ जताना… मटरगश्ती ही तो है, ख़ासकर अगर वे माहौल वासना, रोमांस, सेक्स, और आनंद पर केंद्रित हों।
By Bishakha Datta
December 18, 2023
हम ‘टेकीज़’ के शुक्रगुज़ार हैं
आज सोशल मीडिया प्लैटफ़ॉर्मस के रूप में पूरी दुनिया हमारी मुट्ठी में है, और मुझे इस बात का एहसास है कि काफ़ी हद तक मैंने इस ताक़त को हल्के में लिया है।
By Srishti Sarkar
December 18, 2023
The Complex Tapestry of Fashion: Identity, Expression, and Feminism in a Women’s College
While women’s colleges are certainly a step ahead of other institutions in creating spaces of liberation and encouraging freedom of choice, this rare advantage must expand itself onto the landscape of our entire country.
By Devanshi Panda
How Not To Do Body Positivity Fashion
For women like me, there is an enormous lack of options in addition to the market that relegates us to a corner of ‘plus-size brands’
By Trijita
September 20, 2023
Androgyny is a Quality of the Mind
As clear as I was about my sexuality, I was just as unclear about how I wanted to look and what felt good.
By Debashree
September 20, 2023
My Sexuality is My DIY Project
I often imagine if I had been able to access friendly and empowering comprehensive sexuality education from my childhood, how different my life would have turned out to be.
By Surbhi Bhalla
August 25, 2023
Girls, Shame, and Favourite Vegetables
“It’s rather unfortunate that our educational institutions and systems are so reluctant to understand, or they simply ignore, the importance of providing our youth with CSE that can help erase the shame and crippling self-doubt around sexuality, bodies, reproductive rights and wellness.
By Gayathri M R
August 25, 2023
Guilty Learnings: Breaking the Cycle with Comprehensive Sexuality Education
It is unfortunate that one of the most fundamental processes of human life is shunned to the extent that we’ve been taught, and so we learn to dismiss the natural feelings our bodies produce.
By Sanchia Alleen Aranha
The Taste of Purple
Stop everything! I have a condition that you must follow before you read any further, before you consume what I’ve…
By Hanish Srinivasan
July 17, 2023
‘किमाम वाली रात के नाम’ – भारतीय इतिहास में पान की शृंगारिक भूमिका
Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies the intricate ritual of food: hunger, gathering, fire, serving, devouring and, ultimately, nourishing.
By Annika Amber
An ode to kimam wali raat: The erotic adventures of paan in Indian history
Paan is not only the bearer of stories but a medium through which these stories were told. And each ingredient that goes into the making of a paan has its own narrative.
By Annika Amber