Sexuality
Desirability and Caste
When the pressure started to mount on Surekha, from all corners, to get married, she thought of reconsidering Kishore’s proposal…
By Disha K R
May 15, 2020
Desexualising Disability
Two of my most favourite disability-related public awareness projects in recent years have been the American Able project and Undressing…
By Curated Content
August 15, 2014
Descent into Darkness
No Limits explores several themes – the struggles that athletes go through to reach their goals, the personal and professional risks they take to break records, the compromises they make and the single-minded focus required of them.
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
April 21, 2023
December 1, 2013
Dating in the Time of Social Distancing
At first glance, dating and social distancing appear to be oxymorons. But, as the last few weeks have shown us,…
By Siddharth Narrain
May 1, 2020
Dancing around each other: Conversations with a Tween
As a generation X-er I grew up in a world that was challenging sexuality but only encountered the instability of gender as an adult in radical new academic texts which were not then yet part of our everyday narratives. My daughter born between Gen Z and Gen Alpha is growing up in a world of gender fluidity and multiple pronouns.
By Shilpa Phadke
March 15, 2022
Dances of Desire: From Devadasis to Modern Storytellers
It is not entirely impossible to imagine that classical Indian dance is timeless or that the stories narrated in these…
By Shweta Krishnan
January 1, 2015
Ctr Alt Swipe Right: Sex, Sexuality and the Internet in India
The promises of the Internet are, of course, highly contextual. The Internet will mean very different things to a person who has access to their own mobile phone in a city with a reliable and affordable broadband or WiFi connection, as compared to someone who does not have access to a reliable Internet connection or who is unable to go to a shop to exchange downloaded songs and clips through an SD card.
By Siddharth Narrain
Critiquing the (Hetero-)Canon of Love: Desire and Longing in Contemporary Indian ‘Gay Romance’ Fiction
Undoubtedly, LGBTQ+ literature and writing in India has witnessed an ‘explosion’ in the past two decades, and the trends in contemporary publication promise consistent growth in the future too. However, issues of queer representation in existing literature, and especially contemporary literature, need to be continually invested in, for literature is a key marker of society’s outlook on and reception of such sensitive subjects as homosexuality and ‘queer’-ness
By Anil Pradhan
Crazy in Love? The Japanese Man ‘Married’ to a Hologram
Even in a country obsessed with anime, Kondo’s wedding shocked many. But he wants to be recognised as a “sexual minority” who can’t imagine dating a flesh-and-blood woman.
By Curated Content
December 15, 2018
Consent, Marriage and the Family
It was at the end of the first week of October (2013) that my maternal uncle and I went to…
By Bharti Kannan
May 15, 2015
Consent and violation
I was in standard 9th. She was our new Political Science teacher. Our entire class adored her; after all, she…
By Guest Writer
February 15, 2014
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
Comprehensive Sexuality and Personal Safety Education: Its Significance and Relevance
A child’s social environment in their foundational years plays a critical role in shaping their worldview and influences their responses and the way they communicate with their peers.
By Antara Buzarbaruah
Community and Sexuality: Learning a Politics of Unbelonging
After writing the words “Community and Sexuality” as the working title of this piece, I attempted to begin writing many…
By Chayanika Shah