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Editorial – The Pandemic and Sexuality
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Editorial – The Pandemic and Sexuality

This month’s offering of articles, poems and fiction is an eclectic mix that (mostly) reflects what was borne out of the pandemic, and its impact on sexuality, intimacy, relationships, and more.
By TARSHI
Editorial – The Pandemic and Sexuality
Editorial The Pandemic and Sexuality
Meet me behind the bushes
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Meet me behind the bushes

With access to private spaces taken away on account of the pandemic, suddenly couples from liberal and affluent backgrounds found themselves in the same position as couples from less privileged backgrounds – desperately looking for pockets of privacy.
By Gitanjali
Meet me behind the bushes
The Pandemic and Sexuality Voices
The Touch
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The Touch

That day, in bed, Aymen and Ruben hugged each other like Siamese twins in their mother’s womb. Vulnerable, yet whole.
By Andy Stephen Silveira
The Touch
Fiction & Poetry The Pandemic and Sexuality
Living in Manbir Colony
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Living in Manbir Colony

Days upon days rushed by, tatoh chiya, alu thukpa, chicken cowrie, and beer kept us warm during the rejections.
By Hitaishi Gautam
Living in Manbir Colony
Fiction & Poetry The Pandemic and Sexuality
Lockdown Logs
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Lockdown Logs

Why does the gap feel so wide no matter how much I explain, again and again, that I do not mean to hurt him… hurt any of them? I feel torn… but Amma and Appa need my help at home. Lockdown has been so damn hard.
By Kaveri
Lockdown Logs
Fiction & Poetry The Pandemic and Sexuality
Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”
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Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”

I gargle away the itch in the tonsils accompanying this persistent flu.
By Carol D'Souza
Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”
Fiction & Poetry The Pandemic and Sexuality
On the day my lover would die
Sliced white and brown mushrooms on brown wooden table.
On the day my lover would die

I would once again be theirs, in memory, on the day my lover would die.
By Sara Haque
On the day my lover would die
Fiction & Poetry The Pandemic and Sexuality
City Scapegoats
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City Scapegoats

A part of me is strong, independent, and quick to dismiss all kinds of uniformity. The other part is bashful, fearful, and somewhat assenting to a vast compromise.
By Andal Srivatsan
City Scapegoats
The Pandemic and Sexuality Voices
महामारी, आत्म-देखभाल, और सामूहिक देखभाल – ‘तारशी’ के अनुभव
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महामारी, आत्म-देखभाल, और सामूहिक देखभाल – ‘तारशी’ के अनुभव

हमारा मानसिक स्वास्थ्य सिर्फ़ हमारी इकलौती ज़िम्मेदारी नहीं है बल्कि उन संस्थाओं और व्यवस्थाओं की भी ज़िम्मेदारी है जिनका हम हिस्सा हैं। इसलिए हमारी सेहत और ख़ुशहाली बनाए रखने के लिए इनका योगदान ज़रूरी है।
By Vani Viswanathan
महामारी, आत्म-देखभाल, और सामूहिक देखभाल – ‘तारशी’ के अनुभव
The Pandemic and Sexuality Voices हिन्दी
Quick Bytes with Abhishek Desai
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Quick Bytes with Abhishek Desai

The pandemic and lockdown isolation made recovery harder for people with sex or porn addiction because of a lack of support systems that enabled their recovery.
By Abhishek Desai
Quick Bytes with Abhishek Desai
Quick Bytes The Pandemic and Sexuality

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