Author: Amrit Hallan

A man sits on a wheelchair, a child hugs him from behind.

जीवन में किसी का साथ और सम्बन्ध एकाकीपन में नहीं पनपते

·August 15, 2014
·Amrit Hallan

मालिनी छिब के लेख सेक्सलेस इन द सिटी (जिसमें मेरी कोई गलती भी नहीं) को पढ़ना एक रुचिकर अनुभव रहा और उनके लेख का वह भाग विशेष रूप से प्रभावशाली लगा जिसमें उन्होंने लिखा है कि विकलांग लोगों को देखकर ज़्यादातर लोगों के मन में यही ख्याल आता है कि ये सेक्स-विहीन लोग हैं जिनके…

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A man sits on a wheelchair. He's wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue trousers. A child in a bright pink sweater leans against his wheelchair

Relationship and companionship don’t exist in isolation

·August 15, 2014
·Amrit Hallan

It was very interesting to read Sexless in the City (For No Fault of Mine) by Malini Chib and the part where she says that most people think of persons with disabilities as sexless individuals for whom aspiring to have a fulfilling sexual relationship is not just an awkward position to be in, it should…

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In Plainspeak publishes two issues with a theme every month.
A cross-cutting theme across all forthcoming issues in 2022 is how we can expand safe, inclusive self-affirming spaces.

THIS ISSUE:

January 2022 – SISA Spaces and Sexuality
Imagine a space where we are free to be authentically ourselves, to love who and how we want, to feel accepted, connected, and supported, and to assert ourselves against heteropatriarchal expectations around gender and sexuality. In a world riven with violences and marginalisations, safe, inclusive, and self-affirming (SISA) spaces in the context of gender and sexuality bring to life the shared feminist vision of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and wellbeing. Celebrating plurality, SISA spaces make room for multiple identities, lived experiences, and perspectives. SISA spaces encourage us to look within, to engage with and learn from one another, to hold space, and to evolve. In the January anthology issue of In Plainspeak, we bring you a collection of older articles around SISA spaces and sexuality, and attempt to discover newer ways of forging and expanding such spaces.

February – Sexuality and Coupledom
Wading through the dating pool, we are expected to pair off – one man, one woman, get married, and raise children. Romantic relationships within a hetero-patriarchal set-up are tangled in ideas of ‘soulmates’ and ‘forever’. Instead of The One, what if we choose to seek The Two, or even The Three with whom we can forge fulfilling emotional, sexual, and material connections? Or, being asexual, maybe no one at all for sex, but still luxuriate in intimacy? In exploring relationships outside the bounds of socio-political and cultural legitimacy by experimenting with and expressing sexuality in ways we find meaningful is an assertion of agency, bodily autonomy, and selfhood against patriarchal norms around relationships and family. The February issue of In Plainspeak attempts to examine coupledom in our social context, and unearth its possibilities.

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Author: Amrit Hallan

जीवन में किसी का साथ और सम्बन्ध एकाकीपन में नहीं पनपते

Relationship and companionship don’t exist in isolation

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