Consent And Coercion

The Editorial: Consent and Violence
Picture of a firecracker with the text 'Happy 18th Birthday to TARSHI' below

Felicitations to us at TARSHI! As we turn 18 this month, the currently legal age of consent for sexual activity…

By TARSHI
February 1, 2014
The Editorial: Consent and Violence
Issue in Focus: My right to say ‘yes’ and my right to say ‘no’
A black-and-white silhouette of a girl standing in a deserted wasteland

Women in our societies largely do not have any acquaintance with the word ‘consent’, but they are very familiar with…

By Sumati Panikkar
February 1, 2014
Issue in Focus: My right to say ‘yes’ and my right to say ‘no’
Review: Good Times for Everyone: Sexuality Questions, Feminist Answers
The book cover of 'Good Times for Everyone: Sexuality Questions, Feminist Answers'

[Editor’s note: When discussing consent and coercion, it is impossible to deny the shame and secrecy that surround issues of sexual…

By Artika Raj
February 1, 2014
Review: Good Times for Everyone: Sexuality Questions, Feminist Answers
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
A still of actor Divya Dutta from the film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. She is wearing a pink headscarf and bloue jacket, and her right palm is held up to her head in the manner of a salute.

 In one of the most compelling and difficult scenes in 2013’s acclaimed Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a young Milkha Singh is…

By Parigya Sharma
February 1, 2014
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
Interview: Vidya Reddy
A photo of a few children dressed in matching red shirts that read 'enough is enough' and holding up placards with various slogans

On Jan 1, 2014 when I met Vidya Reddy, one of TULIR’s co-founders, for an interview on consent among teenagers…

By Shweta Krishnan
February 1, 2014
Interview: Vidya Reddy
Consent & Coercion
A still from Gangs of Wasseypur, showing a man and woman discussing consent through speech bubbles.

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By Must Bol
February 1, 2014
Consent & Coercion
सहमति
a pencil sketch of two hands touching

भारतीय कानून में विसंगतियों की एक बड़ी संख्या है, चाहे हम सहमति की उम्र का उल्लेख करने वाले विभिन्न कानूनों…

By Dipika Srivastava
February 1, 2014
सहमति
Poem: Age 7
Black and white picture of a child covering their face

tender lips that had forgotten, momentarily, the taste of mother’s milk and couldn’t tell the silence of the womb from…

By Mukesh
February 1, 2014
Poem: Age 7
I Column: Shades of Grey
Five transgender women dressed in colourful sarees, standing in the middle of the street.

Introduction: As this first-person account of Anita, a Devadasi in Maharashtra, Western India illustrates, issues of consent and violence/coercion cannot…

By Anita
February 1, 2014
I Column: Shades of Grey
The Fine Line
Picture of a man speaking on the phone, with the words 'obsessive', 'forceful', 'controlling' and 'angry' written beside him.
February 1, 2014
The Fine Line
The Fearless Campaign
An illustration of a boy facing a tiger, while they're both on a boat, with a quote from Life of Pi written above.

[slideshow_deploy id=’1470′] In India, we are constantly confronted by images of what Indian women should be. Goddess on walls portray…

By Shilo Shiv Suleman
February 1, 2014
The Fearless Campaign
Movies, Music and Conversations on Consent
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Recently, social media was abuzz with Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, a song and video that sparked many discussions on the…

By Manak Matiyani
February 1, 2014
Movies, Music and Conversations on Consent