Author: Tanvi Khemani

मुंबई में रात में एक रेलवे स्टेशन के सामने अलग-अलग रंग के खंभों पर लटके हुए कपड़ों की तस्वीर

वाशी की लास्ट लोकल

·August 5, 2021
·Tanvi Khemani

न जाने कितने अनुभवों के बाद ही मैंने यह समझा था कि देर रात से घर लौटने के लिए आख़री लोकल ट्रेन में सफर करना भी एक विकल्प हो सकता है। अपने घर से दूर किसी दूसरे शहर में रहते हुए बड़े होने का एक लाभ यह होता है कि आप दुनिया को एक नए नज़रिये से देख पाते हैं।

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A photograph of differently coloured cloths hanging from poles in front of a train station in Mumbai, at night

The Last Local To Vashi

·October 5, 2020
·Tanvi Khemani

I gave myself the freedom to choose. And I chose to re-examine my assumptions. Maybe it was possible to ask strange men for directions without being afraid of seeming vulnerable. Maybe I could plan my outfit without bothering about the fact that I would be travelling on public transport.

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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.

For future issue themes, please click here.

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Author: Tanvi Khemani

वाशी की लास्ट लोकल

The Last Local To Vashi

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