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Self-care is influenced by the environment we inhabit, the way we relate to others, the way we negotiate with other living beings or structures. Self-care is also interlinked with other types of care – whether that is in community resources, psychosocial support, engagement with medical and health care institutions, and of course in collective agency and solidarity.

By Shikha Aleya

February 4, 2023

Interview – Anjlee Agarwal

the sun shines behind a row of green hills. a winding road, brown in colour, passes through the hills.

Happy New Year! We have curated this anthology to remind you and ourselves of the gift and wonder of possibilities.

By TARSHI

January 3, 2023

Editorial – Anthology Issue

An abstractly painted image with magenta and blue and splashes of red, yellow, and black colour. In the background, two brown-black silhouettes.

To chase down our own vulnerabilities around sexuality is a short run around the corner, five minutes ago, last night sleeping alone, with a lover, a partner who lost interest, the Insta post that leaves you feeling you’re not good enough for the hug, the kiss, the cuddle and are you perhaps the A of LGBTQIA+?

By Shikha Aleya

January 3, 2023

Issue in Focus: The Heart of Being

A photograph of MHI director Raj Mariwala; she is playing with a grey-brown dog, squatting in grass.

By Shikha Aleya

January 3, 2023

Interview – Raj Mariwala

An illustration of stage-curtains in bright color.

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 3, 2023

Acting Like Myself

Thanks for being part of our 2022, full of exciting activities and reflection on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and wellbeing.

By TARSHI

January 3, 2023

Rewind 2022

A photograph of disability rights activist Srinidhi Raghavan. She is wearing a blue top with a white pattern, black-rimmed spectacles, and a yellow hair-band.

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

Questions, questions and inevitably more questions! That seems to be the human condition when it comes to connections, especially our connections with other people. It’s complicated, right?

By TARSHI

November 15, 2022

Editorial – Connections and Sexuality

Black polka dots of different sizes against a yellow background.

Companions take many forms. Using the word very loosely here, a companion is anyone the self is connected to, anywhere, at any point in time, from a family member, to a stranger on a train.

By Shikha Aleya

November 15, 2022

Issue in focus

Photo of a young smiling man taken from an upper angle. He has side-swept black hair and a bear. He is wearing a white shirt, black leather jacket and square spectacles.

“I feel that connection is the survival language of the LGBTQIA+ community. The sense of a common struggle makes way for developing quick yet lasting connections among the community…”

By Shikha Aleya

November 15, 2022

Interview – Prakash

Building Safe Spaces In Threatening Places

A white window on a grey wall opening up to a cobblestone street

If sharing was a proverbial coin at the rehabilitation facility, connections were one side of it, and sexuality was the other. Men and women were not allowed to touch one another – no handshakes or hugs or an eager slap on the back.

By Trijita

November 15, 2022

Building Safe Spaces In Threatening Places

grey concrete surface with patterns of swirls

This was the time we were growing up, learning new things, reading new books and discovering something new almost every day, and this all-women space provided an opportunity to do that without requiring any pretence or catering to the male gaze.

By Ambica Naithani

November 15, 2022

Walks, Braids, Miranda, and Memories