Sexuality
Video Page: Feminist Publishing
When a literary canon is created and upheld, which are the voices that are amplified and which are the voices that are lost in the fray? Can marginalised bodies and experiences truly find representation in such a canon?
By Curated Content
March 2, 2020
Video Page: Eligible Bachelorette
Going on a first date with someone one has never met can be a fraught experience, especially if it is…
By Curated Content
May 1, 2020
Video Page: Chutney
What follows, in the short film Chutney, is a conversation – full of eerie, evocative storytelling – which not just sheds light on the class hierarchies in the middle to upper-middle class Indian household, but also the anxieties surrounding sexuality and sexual repression within it.
By Curated Content
June 1, 2019
Video Page: Baby Steps
In the short film, Baby Steps, a seemingly mundane Skype conversation between a mother and son turns into something more.
By Curated Content
September 4, 2018
Video Page: A Day in the Life of India
A short movie with a twist ending, Belle de Jour (meaning ‘Beauty of the Day’, and this one is not the 1967 film by Luis Buñuel) begins by showing a stereotypical middle-class Indian woman who goes to work after taking care of her household.
By Curated Content
June 5, 2016
Video Page: #PuranaPyaar
The short film, “#Purana Pyaar”, by Gorilla Shorts, starring veteran actors Mohan Agashe and Lillette Dubey, evocatively highlights how age is no bar when it comes to love and desire.
By Curated Content
January 2, 2019
Video Page: #PuranaPyaar
The short film, “#Purana Pyaar”, by Gorilla Shorts, starring veteran actors Mohan Agashe and Lillette Dubey, evocatively highlights how age is no bar when it comes to love and desire.
By Curated Content
August 1, 2018
Video Corner: Queering as a Way of Life | An In Plainspeak Webinar
At TARSHI, we see queering as more than just an adjective; it’s a verb, an action that involves questioning accepted…
By TARSHI
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
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
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
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
Under His Eye: The Women and Unwomen in The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale leads one to re-examine these two forms of social hierarchy that women have to navigate: one where they apparently have equal sexual rights as men but have to bear most of the brunt of unwanted pregnancies, reproductive burdens and the like, and the other extreme where their decisions including those about sexual identity and procreation are institutionalised and they are robbed of all agency and autonomy.
By Pooja Priyamvada
Unashamed: A Transformative Guide that Educates and Empowers
What makes Unashamed particularly effective within the framework of CSE is Bhat’s unwavering commitment to an inclusive and affirming perspective.
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
December 18, 2024
Un/dress codes in sport
Lack of women’s representation in policy-making institutions has allowed men, often with minimal understanding and empathy, to decide what women in sports can or cannot wear. As a result, these policies have ended up undermining women’s comfort as well as agency.
By Isha Saxena and Tariqa Tandon
April 6, 2023