A digital magazine on sexuality, based in the Global South: We are working towards cultivating safe, inclusive, and self-affirming spaces in which all individuals can express themselves without fear, judgement or shame
Paan is not only the bearer of stories but a medium through which these stories were told. And each ingredient that goes into the making of a paan has its own narrative.
Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies the intricate ritual of food: hunger, gathering, fire, serving, devouring and, ultimately, nourishing.
For everybody was more interested in the welcome sounds of cooks at work and the aromas wafting from the huge community kitchen, adjoining the hall, than in the puja.
Food unites, but as we are sadly witnessing, it also divides. What people eat and how they eat it is related in many ways to class, caste, purchasing power, and other factors of social currency and control.
It is unfortunate that one of the most fundamental processes of human life is shunned to the extent that we’ve been taught, and so we learn to dismiss the natural feelings our bodies produce.
ये बड़ी विडंबना की बात है कि आज भी किशोरावस्था से गुज़र रहे लोगों से उनकी ‘हिफ़ाज़त’ के लिए ज़रूरी जानकारी छिपाई जाती है। ग़लत जानकारी और मिथकों का प्रचार बिना किसी रोकथाम के होता रहता है।
व्यापक यौनिकता शिक्षा एक संवेदनशील मुद्दा है जिसे लोग अनदेखा कर देना ही आसान समझते हैं, चाहे इसकी वजह से किशोरावस्था से गुज़र रहे लोग अपने शरीर के बारे में उपयुक्त जानकारी के न रहते हुए ग़लत फ़ैसले क्यों न ले लें।
“It’s rather unfortunate that our educational institutions and systems are so reluctant to understand, or they simply ignore, the importance of providing our youth with CSE that can help erase the shame and crippling self-doubt around sexuality, bodies, reproductive rights and wellness.
‘Is the future so dark?’ you might ask. I am here to tell you that it is not. As you begin your exploration into the world of queer theory and feminist theory, you will learn that the straightjacket version of sexuality cooked by our families was undercooked.