Author: Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar

A poster of the film ‘Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Barish’. In the poster, an image of a woman glancing sideways is shown and on the right is an image of a young boy in a wheelchair and a man behind him enjoying rain.

Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish: A platonic togetherness

·November 2, 2020
·Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar

The movie was criticised for its stereotypical portrayal of Debu as a gay man. But, the beauty is that it also highlights the reversal of gender roles. The smiles, and the laughter sounding throughout the house, create a cheery note in the movie.

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दो पैसे की धूप, चार आने की बारिश – आदर्शवादी संबंधों की दास्तान

·November 1, 2020
·Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar

दीप्ति नवल द्वारा निर्देशित फिल्म, दो पैसे की धूप, चार आने की बारिश, (वर्ष 2009, नेटफ्लिक्स पर 2019 में रीलीज़) कमोबेश एक यथार्थवादी फिल्म है और कहा जाता है कि फिल्म की कहानी एक वास्तविक घटना से प्रेरित है। देखने में फिल्म की कहानी किसी भी आम फिल्मी कहानी की तरह ही शुरू होती है…

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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: Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar

दो पैसे की धूप, चार आने की बारिश – आदर्शवादी संबंधों की दास्तान

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