stories
What it Means to Read Now: Notes from a Librarian
What are the acts of reading that we allow young people, that we allow each other? And what does that say about the worlds we want and need?
By Zoya Chadha
September 18, 2024
Interview – Ankur Paliwal
Queering to me is thinking, being, living and loving outside societal norms.
By Shikha Aleya
July 22, 2024
Making Space for Queerness in the Lives of Children
Queerness is a free-flowing identity that embraces anyone, including young children, who step off the assigned binary path.
By Riya Parikh
June 18, 2024
An ode to kimam wali raat: The erotic adventures of paan in Indian history
Paan is not only the bearer of stories but a medium through which these stories were told. And each ingredient that goes into the making of a paan has its own narrative.
By Annika Amber
Editorial – Narratives and Sexuality
Stories hold power. They shape how we understand the world, and if they are stories of distorted facts and falsehoods, they spread unease, discord and hatred. But stories also allow us to imagine other possibilities; they give us hope that we can overcome oppression and injustice.
By TARSHI
March 17, 2023
Issue in Focus
There are different narratives where lie hidden worlds of codified feelings, justifications, a reason to buy or not buy into injustice, or othering.
By Shikha Aleya
March 1, 2023
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
Interview – Kiran Bhat
Kiran Bhat is an author and polyglot who speaks 12 languages, and has written in English, Kannada, Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin. His recently published book, We Of the Forsaken World, has been described as “the tales of not just sixteen strangers, but many different lives, who live on this planet, at every second, everywhere”.
By Shikha Aleya
March 2, 2020
Review: The Gaysi Zine is Envelope-Pushing, Occasionally Flawed, and Gorgeous
At the Delhi launch of the fourth edition of The Gaysi Zine, on January 21st at Max Mueller Bhavan, a…
By Guest Writer
My Cup of Tea: Narrating Collective and Individual Stories through Illustration
By: Priyanka Sacheti at the IMOW Blog When you hear the word “illustration,” what does it conjure for you? For…
By Curated Content