SISA spaces

“Only for Families, Madam”: A House for Mrs Kulkarni, Divorcee
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“Only for Families, Madam”: A House for Mrs Kulkarni, Divorcee

The only hitch was that neither the agents nor the landlords who lurked behind those rentable flats were particularly keen on leasing their precious properties to a – what! Divorcee??!! No, no, madam, but this flat is only for families.

By Curated Content
February 15, 2021
“Only for Families, Madam”: A House for Mrs Kulkarni, Divorcee
“I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS”: INFORMED CONSENT IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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“I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS”: INFORMED CONSENT IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Ethical considerations and frameworks for traditional (for the lack of a better term) have had decades of debates, discussions, and revisions to have Boards of Review with similar ethics regulations (although they are still being critiqued).

By Curated Content
October 15, 2020
“I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS”: INFORMED CONSENT IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
‘A Promise to Stand By’: The quiet feminism of Nathicharami
Nathicharami
‘A Promise to Stand By’: The quiet feminism of Nathicharami

Nathicharami takes sexuality and sexual desire away from upper-class, Gucci-clad women and makes its viewers acknowledge its existence in the lives of women (middle-class wives and widows, in the case of this film) who are invisibilised, both in the society they live in and as subjects of popular content.
By Srishti Gupta
March 1, 2022
‘A Promise to Stand By’: The quiet feminism of Nathicharami
साक्षात्कार – श्रीनिधि राघवन
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साक्षात्कार – श्रीनिधि राघवन

ऐसी जगहों की बहुत कमी है जहां विकलांगता के साथ जी रहे लोग अपने यौनिक अनुभवों या यौनिक जिज्ञासा के बारे में खुलकर बात कर सकें। खास तौर पर विकलांगता के साथ जी रहे युवाओं पर हर वक़्त निगरानी रहती है जिसका मतलब है कि वे यौन अनुभवों से वंचित रह जाते हैं और अपनी यौनिकता को समझ नहीं पाते।

By Shikha Aleya
December 12, 2022
साक्षात्कार – श्रीनिधि राघवन
साक्षात्कार – चाँद
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साक्षात्कार – चाँद

चूँकि दुनिया हाशिये में जीने वाले लोगों के प्रति इतनी प्रतिकूल रही है, इसलिए वे लोग हमेशा से, हर जगह ‘सुरक्षित स्थान’ बनाने की कोशिश करते आ रहे हैं।
By Akshita Singh and Pragya Solanki
November 19, 2024
साक्षात्कार – चाँद
राख से  सोना बनाना – कैसे मध्यम आयु वर्ग की महिलाएं यौनिकता और आध्यात्मिकता का जश्न मनाती हैं
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राख से  सोना बनाना – कैसे मध्यम आयु वर्ग की महिलाएं यौनिकता और आध्यात्मिकता का जश्न मनाती हैं

The most satisfying spiritual and sexual experiences I’ve had were not in my twenties, thirties or even forties. They have been in my 50’s. The most insightful spiritual insights, and the most orgasmic orgasms have both arrived in middle age.
By Nighat Gandhi
July 22, 2024
राख से  सोना बनाना – कैसे मध्यम आयु वर्ग की महिलाएं यौनिकता और आध्यात्मिकता का जश्न मनाती हैं
यौन एवं प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य अधिकारों का उल्लंघन (SRHR) – जो महिलायें विकलांगता के साथ जी रहीं हैं, वे कहाँ हैं?
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यौन एवं प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य अधिकारों का उल्लंघन (SRHR) – जो महिलायें विकलांगता के साथ जी रहीं हैं, वे कहाँ हैं?

विकलांगता के साथ जी रहीं महिलाओं (Women with Disabilities/WWD) को यौन और प्रजनन संबंधी स्वास्थ्य देखभाल और अधिकारों पर ज़रूरी बाचीत
By Smruti
March 17, 2025
यौन एवं प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य अधिकारों का उल्लंघन (SRHR) – जो महिलायें विकलांगता के साथ जी रहीं हैं, वे कहाँ हैं?
मुख्य मुद्दा – गोपनीयता और समकक्ष (पीयर) संबंध
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मुख्य मुद्दा – गोपनीयता और समकक्ष (पीयर) संबंध

शहरी पुणे के एक नगरपालिका स्कूल की आठवीं कक्षा – एक सह-शिक्षा कक्षा जिसमें 18 लड़के और 12 लड़कियाँ हैं – के कुछ अनुभव

By Aishwarya and Reshma
March 17, 2025
मुख्य मुद्दा – गोपनीयता और समकक्ष (पीयर) संबंध
पुस्तक आलोचना – एरॉटिक स्टोरीज़ फ़ॉर पंजाबी विडोज़
Book cover for Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal. The cover depicts two women dressed in traditional salwar kameez standing on either side of a series of magenta buildings, enveloped by a silhouetted dome shape of a gurudwara with a deep bluish-purple backdrop. The margins are a dense criss-cross pattern in golden. Two short review extracts are aligned to the top left and top right corners
पुस्तक आलोचना – एरॉटिक स्टोरीज़ फ़ॉर पंजाबी विडोज़

उनकी सेक्सी कहानियों में आनंद और फैंटसी का चित्रण पूरी तरह औरतों की इच्छाओं पर केंद्रित हैं।
By Sheena D'Lima
February 15, 2024
पुस्तक आलोचना – एरॉटिक स्टोरीज़ फ़ॉर पंजाबी विडोज़
कैसा होगा अगर हम यौनिकता को अपनाते हुए बड़े हों?
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कैसा होगा अगर हम यौनिकता को अपनाते हुए बड़े हों?

अपनी परिभाषा, अर्थ और लांछन के आस-पास की अस्पष्टता के कारण यौनिकता एक अछूता, अनदेखा, और मनाही का क्षेत्र बना हुआ है।
By Sreejani
November 19, 2024
कैसा होगा अगर हम यौनिकता को अपनाते हुए बड़े हों?
एकल जीवन की सराहना
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एकल जीवन की सराहना

Growing up, for me, has been about accepting that the loneliness and sadness woven into the fabric of my being do not go away with entering conventional arrangements like monogamous relationships or marriage.
By Siddhi Pandey
August 20, 2024
एकल जीवन की सराहना
अपना किरदार निभाना
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अपना किरदार निभाना

In this month’s issue of Play and Sexuality, Wesley D’Souza recounts the time his school put up a production of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, his preparations for its audition, and how the process was intertwined with an exploration and acceptance of his sexuality.
By Wesley D'Souza
January 11, 2024
अपना किरदार निभाना
अपना और दूसरो का ख़्याल रखना 
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अपना और दूसरो का ख़्याल रखना 

मां बनने के बाद से आत्म-देखभाल पर मेरे नज़रिये में बहुत बदलाव आया है। एक अभिभावक की भूमिका निभाते हुए और उसकी चुनौतियों का सामना करते हुए अपना ख़्याल कैसे रखा जा सकता है?
By Deepa Ranganathan
May 16, 2024
अपना और दूसरो का ख़्याल रखना 
 Whatever it takes…walking life as single women
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 Whatever it takes…walking life as single women

What I am proposing here is to look at being in a relationship and being single together because what is important here is the idea of ‘be-ing’ as opposed to the stereotypes and perceptions attached to our relationship with ‘the One’ or to singlehood.
By Gurpreet Kaur
February 1, 2021
 Whatever it takes…walking life as single women
 Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood
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 Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood

I believe that queer friendships and intimacies are sheer resistance, which not only swallow the despair and pain that might be perpetrated on gender-nonconforming people by their families, but also recognise all the lies about love that have been sold to us.
By Anonymous
February 1, 2021
 Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood
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