Visual Corner

Video Page: Lost & Found
Video Page: Lost & Found
December 1, 2014
Video Page: Lost & Found
the fearless campaign
An illustration of a boy facing a tiger, while they're both on a boat, with a quote from Life of Pi written above.
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
December 1, 2014
the fearless campaign
Video Page: Begum Akhtar – The Queen of Ghazals
Video Page: Begum Akhtar – The Queen of Ghazals
January 1, 2015
Video Page: Begum Akhtar – The Queen of Ghazals
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance
A woman wearing a blue saree and an orange blouse performing Kathak. She is wearing colourful bangles and jewellery on top of her forhead, ears, and neck. She is wearing kajal, a black bindi, and her hair is tied.
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance

[slideshow_deploy id=’4883′] This series of images captures a few Indian dance forms that have over time told stories of desire….
By Curated Content
January 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance
Brushstrokes: Persian Dance
Stage performance of Persian dance. Two women hold a chunni above the head of a woman dancing in between them. They all wear colourful full-length, full sleeves clothing.
Brushstrokes: Persian Dance

[slideshow_deploy id=’5086′] Persian dance in spite of its remarkable history has become a less known form of dancing from the…
By Nikzad Zangeneh
January 15, 2015
Brushstrokes: Persian Dance
Aahung’s Music Video ‘Dil ki Awaz’
Aahung’s Music Video ‘Dil ki Awaz’
February 1, 2015
Aahung’s Music Video ‘Dil ki Awaz’
Brushstrokes: Price of Silence’s ‘Cutting Tradition’ piece
Stage performance of a few women in white coats holding down a woman on a table to commit Female Genital Mutilation, while others throw red rose pertals in air. One woman stands in the front and centre of the stage looking solemnly.
Brushstrokes: Price of Silence’s ‘Cutting Tradition’ piece

[slideshow_deploy id=’5227′] Female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, is the partial or total removal of the female genitalia…
By Price of Silence
February 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Price of Silence’s ‘Cutting Tradition’ piece
It Takes A Community To Protect A Child
A cartoon sketch showing a community of people belonging to various ages and genders - two women in sarees, one girl child, one male child sitting in a wheelchair, and four adult men - holding up placards with various solgans about child protection
It Takes A Community To Protect A Child

[slideshow_deploy id=’5400′] TULIR uses these posters in their advocacy work to prevent sexual violence against children. These posters address children…
By TULIR CPHCSA
February 15, 2015
It Takes A Community To Protect A Child
Video Page: Astitva
Video Page: Astitva
March 1, 2015
Video Page: Astitva
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Painting of women sitting on the ground cross legged. One is rubbing the back of another. They are all looking solemn.
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil

[slideshow_deploy id=’5490′] To some Amrita Sher-Gil is the ‘Indian Frida Kahlo’. This month we feature five of her paintings which show women…
By Curated Content
March 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Brushstrokes: Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality
Picture of a letter written in Sigmund Freud's handwriting
Brushstrokes: Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality

[slideshow_deploy id=’5774′] The most common jab taken at someone who is not heteronormative is that they are insane, and need…
By Curated Content
April 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality
Brushstrokes
Photo of a lesbian couple, one of them dressed in Indian bridal clothes and the other dressed in Western bridal clothes
Brushstrokes

[slideshow_deploy id=’5886′] In India, non-heterosexual couples cannot openly celebrate their love and their relationships or form families. However, Indians living…
By Curated Content
May 1, 2015
Brushstrokes
Babul by Breakthrough
Photo of a young female child in a white dress, saying 'who will melt my chains
Babul by Breakthrough

Breakthrough’s video – Babul – is a beautifully shot, stirring music video that explores the reality of domestic violence behind…
By Breakthrough
May 1, 2015
Babul by Breakthrough
Channel 4 presents a new kind of pop artist
Channel 4 presents a new kind of pop artist
June 1, 2015
Channel 4 presents a new kind of pop artist
Brushstrokes
Picture of three women standing in line, dressed in various bright clothing.
Brushstrokes

[slideshow_deploy id=’6065′] The following photographs question our notions of beauty and an ‘ideal’ body. Rahul Saharan shot a series of…
By Curated Content
June 1, 2015
Brushstrokes
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