Voices

Voices: Unscripted
A black-and-white photo of a hand resting by an elbow, holding a cigarette. The nails are painted in a dark solid colour.
Voices: Unscripted

She leans over casually, across me, and rummages in her bag for a moment. I push away the spark of…
By Sami S
March 16, 2015
Voices: Unscripted
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
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
Voices: Poetry
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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
Voices: Poetry
Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?
Nepalese women on a protest march. They are carrying a poster that reads in Hindi, "Women Against Violence Day". They are wearing white caps, and holding placards.
Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?

Nepal has been occupying the news headlines for the last few months, either due to the devastating earthquake that killed…
By Shubha Kayastha
September 1, 2015
Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?
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: Interview With Rudrani Chettri
Voices: Interview With Rudrani Chettri
January 1, 2014
Voices: Interview With Rudrani Chettri
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: Finding Pride
A park in which multiple couples are seen sitting together at various points. There are two big trees on each side, casting shadows on the same-sex couple sitting in the very centre with their backs turned.
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: 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?
Violation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR): Where are the Women With Disabilities?
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Violation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR): Where are the Women With Disabilities?

What vindicates the argument that women with disabilities (WWDs) should be deprived of sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights is scary. Harmful stereotypes of WWDs include the belief that they are hypersexual, incapable, irrational and lacking control. These narratives are then often used to build other perceptions such as that WWDs are inherently vulnerable and should be ‘protected from sexual attack’.
By Smruti
August 2, 2021
Violation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR): Where are the Women With Disabilities?
Veiled Desires
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Veiled Desires

I still remember my early childhood days when we used to get lessons on caste in our day-to-day lives. Coming…
By Prarthana
October 3, 2017
Veiled Desires
Use Your Power to Empower
Use Your Power to Empower

Some weeks ago, I was invited by the British High Commission to give a talk about sexual harassment at the…
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
September 1, 2021
Use Your Power to Empower
Unscripted
A black-and-white photo of a hand resting by an elbow, holding a cigarette. The nails are painted in a dark solid colour.
Unscripted

She turns towards me when I speak, and I can feel her eyes thinking over my words, sensitive to any hint of criticism. Her thighs slide against mine, and for a moment we are both distracted by the naked coolness of our bodies. For a moment, we look at each other.

By Sami S
January 3, 2023
Unscripted
Unraveling the Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too
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
Unraveling the Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too
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