sex
Interview: Paromita Vohra – Part I
In a two-part interview with TARSHI, Paromita Vohra tells it to us as only she can: frank, articulate and free of male cow poop!
By TARSHI Team
August 1, 2018
Sex in the Times of Menopause
I am single and successful in the city. My general health is under control. I can still pull off an all-nighter maybe once a quarter. My sexuality and desire have evolved and matured with my age. Heck, in my eyes, I am Mrs. Robinson. But the eye candy at the bar sees me as Miss Havisham.
By Sashwati Banerjee
August 1, 2018
Brushstrokes: Sexual Fantasies
Have you ever had a “dirty thought”, or rather, a sexual fantasy, at a random hour of a random day?
By Curated Content
August 1, 2018
It’s All about Empowerment at a Nude Photoshoot for a Pornographic Subreddit
This post was originally published in VICE. By: Divya Karthikeyan A Bengaluru woman poses for her lover—and the followers of /r/IndiansGoneWild. Catching…
By Curated Content
The Nuances of Power Equations in BDSM
Irrespective of the gender or sexual orientation of the people involved, the only way the scales of power can be balanced in favour of everyone involved, is through explicit, well-informed consent.
By Asmi
July 2, 2018
Brushstrokes: Aftercare
This is where ‘aftercare’ comes in – a practice of holistic caring and attention-giving to one’s partner post-sex.
By Curated Content
June 1, 2018
Two Poems: ‘Tongue’ & ‘Names’
You speak in so many tongues to me as you journey languorously down my body.
By Damini Kulkarni
May 1, 2018
प्यार, दोस्ती, सेक्स और BDSM
अब मेरे लिए दोस्ती, बीडीएसएम और सेक्स के परिदृश्य को समझना, संभालना, पहले की बनिस्बत आसान तो है मगर फिर भी कहीं धुंधली लकीरें हैं।कभी-कभी पुरुष मित्रों की आँखों में थोड़ी सी ज़बरदस्ती दिखती है, उनकी साथियों की आँखों में थोड़ा सा शक, या महिला-मित्रों की आँखों में मेरी यौनिक पहचान के बारे में वही अनचाही अटकलें भी।
By Asmi
February 15, 2018
Video Page: Khaney Mein Kya Hai?
The engaging and humorous short film Khaney Mein Kya Hai (What’s to eat?) focuses on a seemingly mundane conversation between a…
By Curated Content
November 1, 2017
Bromances from mythology
Biblical scholars, who value abstinence, reject such sexual interpretations, but not modern LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) activists, who have even traced formal same-sex unions in Church liturgy called adelphopoiesis or “brother-making”. We see what we want to see. We allow what we are comfortable with, and what we are mature about. Love is indeed a splendid thing. But sex remains a bad habit.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2017
Three must-watch documentaries about disability
The First International Film Festival for Persons with Disabilities was recently organised by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment…
By Curated Content
August 16, 2017
Mumbai Artist Draws Dating Life in the Digital Age
All this online dating activity must surely produce amusing stories. It was with this thought that Mumbai-based writer and illustrator Indu Kumar set about her art project #100IndianTinderTales.
By Curated Content
June 1, 2017
We Need More Sexuality Education in Nepal
There has been so much discourse about sex and sexuality education all over the world that I perhaps may not…
By Kamal Gautam
December 16, 2016
Issue In Focus: Is ‘Dhanda’ (Sex Business) Work? – I
Sex work is adult consensual provision of sexual services for money. What part of this definition challenges the notion of work? A service provided for money? A service provided by adults for money? A service provided consensually by adults for money? None of the above.
By Meena Saraswathi Seshu and Aarthi Pai
April 5, 2016
क्या ‘धंधा’ (सेक्स वर्क) भी काम होता है? – भाग १
किसी व्यस्क व्यक्ति द्वारा अपनी इच्छा से पैसों के भुगतान के बदले दी जाने वाली यौन सेवाओं को सेक्स वर्क (यौन कर्म या आम बोलचाल की भाषा में धंधा करना) कहते हैं। सेक्स वर्क की इस परिभाषा का कौन सा भाग ‘काम’ के बारे में हमारी सोच का उल्लंघन करता है? क्या पैसे के बदले दी जाने वाली सेवाएं? या फिर किसी व्यस्क व्यक्ति द्वारा पैसे के बदले दी जाने वाली सेवा? या, वयस्कों द्वारा आपसी सहमति से पैसे के बदले दी जाने वाली सेवा?
By Meena Saraswathi Seshu and Aarthi Pai
April 5, 2016