2014 February

Consent and violation
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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
Consent and violation
२ गुरुओं की समलैंगिकता पर परस्पर-विरोधी राय
श्री श्री रविशंकर और बाबा रामदेव [छाया: विकिपीडिया]
२ गुरुओं की समलैंगिकता पर परस्पर-विरोधी राय

Gaylaxy Magazine, Hindi में प्रकाशित कई सालों से अनेक हिन्दू गुरुओं और तत्त्वज्ञों ने, अलग-अलग सन्दर्भों में, समलैंगिक रिश्तों के बारे…
By Curated Content
February 15, 2014
२ गुरुओं की समलैंगिकता पर परस्पर-विरोधी राय
What does consent mean to you?
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What does consent mean to you?

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By Disha Luthra
February 1, 2014
What does consent mean to you?
The Editorial: Consent and Violence
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The Editorial: Consent and Violence

Felicitations to us at TARSHI! As we turn 18 this month, the currently legal age of consent for sexual activity…
By TARSHI
February 1, 2014
The Editorial: Consent and Violence
Issue in Focus: My right to say ‘yes’ and my right to say ‘no’
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Issue in Focus: My right to say ‘yes’ and my right to say ‘no’

Women in our societies largely do not have any acquaintance with the word ‘consent’, but they are very familiar with…
By Sumati Panikkar
February 1, 2014
Issue in Focus: My right to say ‘yes’ and my right to say ‘no’
Voices: Many facets of consent
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Voices: Many facets of consent

Consent [1] has always been a loaded term and when we qualify it with ‘informed’, the realistic practical understanding of…
By Pooja Badarinath
February 1, 2014
Voices: Many facets of consent
Review: Good Times for Everyone: Sexuality Questions, Feminist Answers
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Review: Good Times for Everyone: Sexuality Questions, Feminist Answers

[Editor’s note: When discussing consent and coercion, it is impossible to deny the shame and secrecy that surround issues of sexual…
By Artika Raj
February 1, 2014
Review: Good Times for Everyone: Sexuality Questions, Feminist Answers
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
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Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity

 In one of the most compelling and difficult scenes in 2013’s acclaimed Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a young Milkha Singh is…
By Parigya Sharma
February 1, 2014
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
Interview: Vidya Reddy
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Interview: Vidya Reddy

On Jan 1, 2014 when I met Vidya Reddy, one of TULIR’s co-founders, for an interview on consent among teenagers…
By Shweta Krishnan
February 1, 2014
Interview: Vidya Reddy
सहमति
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सहमति

भारतीय कानून में विसंगतियों की एक बड़ी संख्या है, चाहे हम सहमति की उम्र का उल्लेख करने वाले विभिन्न कानूनों…
By Dipika Srivastava
February 1, 2014
सहमति
Consent & Coercion
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Consent & Coercion

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By Must Bol
February 1, 2014
Consent & Coercion
Poem: Age 7
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Poem: Age 7

tender lips that had forgotten, momentarily, the taste of mother’s milk and couldn’t tell the silence of the womb from…
By Mukesh
February 1, 2014
Poem: Age 7
I Column: Shades of Grey
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I Column: Shades of Grey

Introduction: As this first-person account of Anita, a Devadasi in Maharashtra, Western India illustrates, issues of consent and violence/coercion cannot…
By Anita
February 1, 2014
I Column: Shades of Grey
The Fine Line
The Fine Line
February 1, 2014
The Fine Line
The Fearless Campaign
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The Fearless Campaign

[slideshow_deploy id=’1470′] In India, we are constantly confronted by images of what Indian women should be. Goddess on walls portray…
By Shilo Shiv Suleman
February 1, 2014
The Fearless Campaign
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