Sexuality
Reclaiming Intimacy: Sex Positivity and A Cultural Grammar That Values ‘Personhood’
As we move toward destigmatising the topic of sex for all genders, we should include the language of intimacy as we collectively create a new cultural grammar around sex.
By Anonymous
Confessions of a Queer man
What I can say is that I tried to be the best lover for a woman, and I am much obliged to the girls I dated then for trying with me.
By Pavel Sagolsem
February 1, 2019
यादों के ताने बाने उलझाती सुलझाती मैं
ख्वाबों को बुनान और उसके साथ खेलना – एक अलग ही अहसास है। तुम राजा, तुम रंक। तुम लेखक तुम निर्देशक। तुम्हारा बस चलता है। हम सब के अंदर अलग ख्वाब भरे हुए हैं।
By Pramada Menon
January 2, 2019
Jasmine Stains
Desire is a man’s turf, right up there with moustaches and Adam’s apples / I’m the apple, I am the snake, I am Eve / I am the vibrator nestled between flimsy, cheap lace underwear / I am the shame, of saying I came
By Malini Gopalakrishnan
January 2, 2019
सेक्सलेस इन द सिटी (जिसमें मेरी कोई गलती भी नहीं)
सेक्स या भावनात्मक जुड़ाव के लिए दोनों तरफ़ से जुड़ाव होना ज़रूरी है। विकलांगता के साथ जी रहे व्यक्ति को स्वाभाविक रूप से थोड़ा ज़्यादा देना होगा जिससे कि रिश्ता चल सके।
By Malini Chib
January 2, 2019
“You Will Never Learn!” – Conversations Between a 17 Year Old and a 53 Year Old
As if the challenges of parents bringing up adolescents in a world dominated by social media is not enough, the addition of teaching these parents to accept different sexual orientations and the fluidity of gender in a gender-binary world can be daunting.
By Dr Jai Ranjan Ram
Sita Sings the Blues
Rama and Sita are no longer placeholders for chastity and virtue, but are human and they make excessive demands on each other, they are callous and take each other for granted all the time.
By Lekha Sridhar
January 2, 2019
Issue in Focus: Of Webs and Wellbeing
Is seeking wellbeing selfish and individualistic? Does it imply placing one’s own interests above those of others? In the context of sexuality, does it mean prioritising one’s pursuit and attainment of pleasure above all else?
By Radhika Chandiramani
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
January 2, 2019
एक बेमेल जोड़े की कहानी
Both of us, have recently, decided to get married and will be in a marriage that I like to call a subversive marriage. Subversive marriages are based on an uncompromising equality and negotiations that serve for the betterment of both the partners.
By Shivani Gupta
January 2, 2019
Interview: Paromita Vohra – Part I
In an interview with TARSHI, Paromita Vohra tells it to us as only she can: frank, articulate and free of male cow poop!
By TARSHI Team
January 2, 2019
Sex in the Times of Menopause
Sashwati Banerjee is the Managing Director of Sesame Workshop in India. Ms. Banerjee leads the organisation in its mission to…
By Sashwati Banerjee
January 2, 2019
Video Page: The Amorous Adventures of Shakku and Megha in the Valley of Consent
How does one negotiate the “delicate and complex” terrain of giving, receiving and respecting consent, and safely and effectively express sexual desire?
By Curated Content
Editorial: Popular Culture and Sexuality
And so, in the mid-month issue we have Shweta Krishnan examining the place of political incorrectness in stand-up comedy, Rohini Banerjee talking about how fanfiction allowed her to delve into alternative worlds, and…
By TARSHI
December 15, 2018
The Politics of Politically Incorrect Jokes
Somewhere in the middle of Nanette, as I was crying and laughing, I thought about how political incorrectness is the soul of stand-up comedy.
By Shweta Krishnan
December 15, 2018