Body and Sexuality

सेक्सलेस इन द सिटी (जिसमें मेरी कोई गलती भी नहीं)
A picture of disability rights activist Malini Chib sitting on a wheelchair. She is has black shoulder-length hair and is wearing glasses. Her top is white with black stripes and her trousers are black. The text beside her reads 'One Little Finger, Malini Chib'

संपादक की ओर से – जब शरीर और यौनिकता के बीच के रिश्ते की बात की जाती है तो ये…

By Malini Chib
June 1, 2015
सेक्सलेस इन द सिटी (जिसमें मेरी कोई गलती भी नहीं)
निधि गोयल के साथ बातचीत
A picture of disabillity rights activist nidhi goyal

भारत के मुंबई शहर में रहने वाली निधि गोयल जेंडर और विकलांगता से जुड़े अधिकारों की पैरवीकार हैं। अनिषा दत्त…

By Anisha Dutt
June 1, 2015
निधि गोयल के साथ बातचीत
What History And Fiction Teach Us About Women And Power
women and power

This article was originally published in the NPR. January 8, 2018; TANIA LOMBROZO Two recent books, one a manifesto by British…

By Curated Content
July 16, 2018
What History And Fiction Teach Us About Women And Power
The Fear of the ‘Other’: The Emerging Gay Family in Transnational Surrogacy
Photo of a gay couple holding a toddler in their arms

The Nepal Earthquake and its devastating impact on the citizens of the country was also felt amongst a small group…

By Anindita Majumdar
June 1, 2015
The Fear of the ‘Other’: The Emerging Gay Family in Transnational Surrogacy
The Editorial: Body and Sexuality
Abstract drawng of a distorted face painted in blue and yellow

In one sense, the body is what I immediately am. In another sense, I am separated from it by the…

By TARSHI
June 17, 2015
The Editorial: Body and Sexuality
The Body In Development Speak
A woman in a black saree and white blouse faces a red wall, so that only her back is visible

It’s (already!) mid-2015: advocates, activists, development workers, policy wonks working on the ‘new development agenda’ or ‘sustainable development goals’ or…

By Rishita Nandagiri
June 1, 2015
The Body In Development Speak
Somebody Else’s Dolly
Collage of photos of women with locomotor disabilities in seductive poses

The body is our tangible hacker of the world. It experiences the world and the world experiences it. I do…

By Shikha Aleya
June 1, 2015
Somebody Else’s Dolly
Silencing love: Negotiating Sexuality In School Life
एक लड़की के चेहरे की तस्वीर है। लड़की का रंग गेंहुआ है, नाक में नथनी पहनी है, बिंदी लगायी है, आँखों में काजल, कानो में झुमके और बाल थोड़े बिखरे हुए है और कुछ चेहरे पर आ रहे है |

My experience of school, as I remember it, was quite conflicted. As a child I lacked the vocabulary to describe…

By Meghna Bohidar
June 1, 2015
Silencing love: Negotiating Sexuality In School Life
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy
A fogged glass window with the word 'Delhi' outlined in it

India is home to a whopping 17.5% of the total world population. Half of this population is its women. No, correction,…

By Guest Writer
June 17, 2015
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy
Run for your body, Run No Way!
Illustration of a naked woman with paint smeared across her body throwing her arms up in the air in joy and abandon

It’s sad that we think we own our bodies: the bodies we love, the bodies we hate, the bodies we…

By Abdullah Erikat
June 17, 2015
Run for your body, Run No Way!
Pleasure and Sex: Non-Committed Sexual Relationships in Urban India
Painting of a naked woman sharing an intimate moment with a naked man as she lies down hear his lap

Academic scholarship, popular culture and media-generated sex surveys are only beginning to understand ‘pre-marital’ sex among young people in India….

By Ketaki Chowkhani
June 1, 2015
Pleasure and Sex: Non-Committed Sexual Relationships in Urban India
Notes On Body and Sexuality From The Abortion Discourse
Against an orange background, the bold text reads: "Abortion Rights, Social Justice, Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom"

Rebecca Traister, in her recent article for the New Republic, titled Let’s Just Say It: Women Matter More Than Fetuses…

By Surabhi Srivastava and Kristin Francoeur
June 1, 2015
Notes On Body and Sexuality From The Abortion Discourse
Interview: Nidhi Goyal
Photo of disability rights activist Nidhi Goyal. She is wearing golden hoop earrings and has her hair tied in a ponytail

Nidhi Goyal is a gender and disability rights activist from Mumbai, India.  Anisha Dutt: Your journey as a disability and gender rights activist…

By Anisha Dutt
June 1, 2015
Interview: Nidhi Goyal
Films of Desire/Bodies of Desire
Still from the film 'Margarita with a Straw' showing actress Kalki Koechlin being given a bath by actress Revathy

The Church says: the body is a sin Science says: the body is a machine Advertising says: the body is…

By Geetanjali Misra
June 1, 2015
Films of Desire/Bodies of Desire
Channel 4 presents a new kind of pop artist
Against a red backdrop, the silhoutte of a dancing woman wearing a flare skirt
June 1, 2015
Channel 4 presents a new kind of pop artist
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