Shikha Aleya, Author at In Plainspeak • Page 9 of 9

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An Interview with Disability and Sexuality Rights Activist Kiran

Kiran sitting on a wheelchair, smiling. He is wearing brown pants and a white shirt, and has his cellphone peeking out of his top shirt pocket.

He is the founder of a number of support organisations that focus on sexuality and disability issues at the grassroots. Over multiple conversations conducted in Hindi and English, Kiran and Shikha Aleya discussed issues of sexuality, access and disability based on some of Kiran’s life experiences.

By Shikha Aleya

August 3, 2017

An Interview with Disability and Sexuality Rights Activist Kiran

Girl in a sporty attire walking on an unmetalled road up a hill. A black dog walks a little ahead of her.

Time and sexuality, neither is one-dimensional, neither is neat and both have a way of being always in a state of movement, whether we like it or not, flow with it or not.

By Shikha Aleya

November 1, 2017

A time to #metoo or not to

An expressway with red neon lights on the road.

Who is this person? What does this person want? Is it random cruising? Is money the goal, is it adventure? Why does it make me think of selling strawberries by the dusty roadside? I don’t have a single answer. Sex work is a lurking unknown in the world of sexuality.

By Shikha Aleya

April 5, 2016

A Swirly Skirt on the Expressway

A Self-care Approach to Life – and Sexuality

Not everybody, everywhere, learns self-care, though most people learn how to wash their faces, brush their teeth, wear clean underwear, and lock the door to keep themselves safe.

By Shikha Aleya

February 3, 2017

A Self-care Approach to Life – and Sexuality

An illustration. Seven almost similar-looking women standing cluless. They are all bald and anorexic.

People’s movements and sexuality. There is dissonance in this. Hugging trees, protesting dams, Swadeshi and boycott, anti-apartheid, anti-psychiatry, anti-war, child rights, flags, banners and marches. What does hugging a tree have to do with sexuality? Women’s rights, gay pride, these movements are people’s movements quite regularly seen in the frame and context of sexuality. But the others?

By Shikha Aleya

December 5, 2016

A Disruptive Sexuality