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Video Page: Begum Akhtar – The Queen of Ghazals
Still from the documentary. It shows a coloured face portrait of Begum Akhtar.
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.

[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
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
"Let's talk about sex" written twice - once in black, and once in blue in bold stencil format on a white background. Below are two stick figures. A cloud bubble shows one of them saying, "OMG".

By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  I remember an…

By Curated Content
January 16, 2015
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies
Photo of feet standing on a weighing machine. On the scale is a sticky note that reads in black cursive, "lose weight now!"

By Shambhavi Saxena This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  Various forms of media have…

By Curated Content
January 28, 2015
Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies
Aahung’s Music Video ‘Dil ki Awaz’
People moving on an Indian road. Fruitsellers, young boys, a woman. On both side are yellow-coloured buildings for flats. Subtitle reads, "This question... this cry... may be heard by someone."
February 1, 2015
Aahung’s Music Video ‘Dil ki Awaz’
Are ‘Sexpert’ Columns The Only Options Left For Our Deepest, Most Intimate Doubts?
A woman holding a green-cloured tooothpaste tube, on which is written "expert" with the letter "s" prefixed before it manually by a pasting a piece of paper after drawing an S.

By Kirrat Sachdeva This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  As soon as I…

By Curated Content
February 3, 2015
Are ‘Sexpert’ Columns The Only Options Left For Our Deepest, Most Intimate Doubts?
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
"Free XXX movie" written in bold. A small photo over it reads "censored". Two more small blurred pictures are dropped over it.

By Karthik Shankar This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  It was fifth grade;…

By Curated Content
February 15, 2015
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
Photo showing a woman's legs as she lies on her bed over a light brown quilt, wearing black shorts.

By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. I have faint memories of…

By Curated Content
February 17, 2015
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
Years Of Sexual Abuse In A Family, The Collective Angst, And A Final Closure: This Is My Story
A series of pink and green placards that read 'Teach Safe Touch'

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. Last year…

By Curated Content
February 19, 2015
Years Of Sexual Abuse In A Family, The Collective Angst, And A Final Closure: This Is My Story
Video Page: Astitva
Poster of film "Astitiva". A woman wearing red bindi and mangalsutra is standing in the middle. A man on her left behind her with his side face, caressing his moustache. Another woman to her right behind the man, wearing white top, and long open hair.
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.

[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
Here’s why I think the society should not obsess over a woman’s virginity
A girl hugging her dog. She is wearing maroon sweatshirt, and the white-coloured dog wears red warm piece of clothing.

By Indian Home Maker for her personal blog Here’s an article from TOI that I think encourages sexist fallacies. Great…

By Curated Content
March 16, 2015
Here’s why I think the society should not obsess over a woman’s virginity
A Boy And His Closet: My Coming Out Story
A placard reading "pyar" (love) in Hindi in white lettering on a rainbow-coloured background.

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. “So how…

By Curated Content
March 20, 2015
A Boy And His Closet: My Coming Out Story
Brushstrokes: Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality
Picture of a letter written in Sigmund Freud's handwriting

[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
From Reshma Valliappan to Deepika Padukone
Headshot of actress Deepika Padukone. Her hair is tied back in a bun, and she is wearing gold earrings and a pastel pink salwar.

We don’t have an original I-Column this month. Instead we feature the voices of two women, Deepika Padukone and Reshma…

By Curated Content
April 15, 2015
From Reshma Valliappan to Deepika Padukone
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