Editorial
The Editorial: Sexual Rights
Greetings from TARSHI! We are very pleased to bring to you the first issue of In Plainspeak, our new monthly…
By TARSHI
December 1, 2013
The Editorial: Queer Rights
Happy New Year! We hope all your desires and expectations for 2014 are fulfilled. Despite everything that has happened, we…
By TARSHI
January 1, 2014
The Editorial: Consent and Violence
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: Women
As soon as March arrives, or even before it actually does, all the hullaballoo about Women’s Day begins. Since the…
By TARSHI
March 1, 2014
The Editorial: Safe Abortion
This month we bring a range of contributions on the issue of Safe Abortion from activists working at the grassroots for the sexual and reproductive rights of women to have access to safe abortion.
By TARSHI
April 1, 2014
The Editorial: Body Image
Do you love your eyes and hate your knees? Or do you sometimes wish your XXX were different? Replace XXX with any body part of your choice. We have all been there – griping, never satisfied, and never owning our own beauty. How do we perceive and evaluate our own bodies? What do we love? What do we loathe? And why?
By TARSHI
May 1, 2014
The Editorial: Law and Sexuality
Is Law restrictive and limiting or can it be liberating and provide people a sense of agency when it comes…
By TARSHI
June 1, 2014
The Editorial: Art and Activism
Art has the potential of reaching out to wide and diverse audiences and speaks to them in different ways. Therein…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality
What can persons with disability do and not do? Can they have sex? Should they have sex? However well-intentioned they…
By TARSHI
August 1, 2014
The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality
Sports and Sexuality: many who hear the two terms together wonder how they are connected and what sexuality has got…
By TARSHI
September 1, 2014
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
“The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its…
By TARSHI
October 1, 2014
The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality
Movement. Stillness. Travel. Free flow. Restrictions. Borders. Us and Them. Movement takes us closer to our destinations and sometimes forced…
By TARSHI
November 1, 2014
The Editorial: Anniversary Issue
We are one year old! Yes, In Plainspeak has been publishing articles from around the Global South, especially India and…
By TARSHI
December 1, 2014
The Editorial: Music, Dance and Sexuality
“Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise that I dance like I have diamonds at the…
By TARSHI
January 15, 2015
The Editorial: Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Remember the ‘first time’? And probably, you, like many of us, were plagued by fears of ‘What if…?’ But instead…
By TARSHI
February 15, 2015