Interview

INTERVIEW: PRAMADA MENON
INTERVIEW: PRAMADA MENON
December 1, 2014
INTERVIEW: PRAMADA MENON
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA
photo of activist Dr. Payoshini Mitra. She wears glasses and long hair, and is wearing a black sweater with an orange-and-black patterned scarf
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA

Dr. Payoshni Mitra, a researcher, activist and writer working on gender issues in sport in India with special emphasis on intersexuality…
By TARSHI Team
December 1, 2014
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA
Interview: Sheema Kermani
Interview: Sheema Kermani

Sheema Kermani is a cultural activist, theatre practitioner, theatre director and a known Pakistani exponent of Indian classical dance. She had studied Bharatanatyam…
By TARSHI Team
December 1, 2014
Interview: Sheema Kermani
Interview: Anita Ratnam
Anita Ratnam in an orange saree doing Bharatnayam outside an old temple.
Interview: Anita Ratnam

In December TARSHI interviewed Anita Ratnam, who is a leading Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer based in Chennai. In her own…
By Shweta Krishnan
January 15, 2015
Interview: Anita Ratnam
Interview: Radhika Chandiramani
Interview: Radhika Chandiramani
February 1, 2015
Interview: Radhika Chandiramani
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism and Feminist Conundrums
Nivedita Menon speaking into a mike of Constitution Club at a gathering. She is wearing a green kurta, and earring. She and others are sititng on ground cross-legged.
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism and Feminist Conundrums

Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and a political and social activist. She is a professor of political thought at…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 1, 2015
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism and Feminist Conundrums
Ruth Vanita: On Literature, Sexuality and the Pleasure of “Playing In The World”
Ruth Vanita standing with her arms crossed. She is wearing a blue saree, a red bindi, watch on one hand, and golden bangle on another.
Ruth Vanita: On Literature, Sexuality and the Pleasure of “Playing In The World”

Ruth Vanita is an academic, activist and author, who specialises in gender studies, lesbian and gay studies and South Asian…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 1, 2015
Ruth Vanita: On Literature, Sexuality and the Pleasure of “Playing In The World”
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century
Nivedita Menon, wearing a green turtle-neck sweater, sitting on a chair, smiling.
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century

Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and a political and social activist. She is a professor of political thought at…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 16, 2015
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century
Interview: Sadhana Vohra On Building Joyful Lives From A Sense of Connection With Other Humans
Headshot of psychologist Sadhna Vohra, she has white hair and dark glasses and is wearing an orange dupatta around her neck
Interview: Sadhana Vohra On Building Joyful Lives From A Sense of Connection With Other Humans

Sadhana Vohra is a psychotherapist in private practice in New Delhi, India. She divides her time between long hours at…
By Radhika Chandiramani
April 1, 2015
Interview: Sadhana Vohra On Building Joyful Lives From A Sense of Connection With Other Humans
Interview: Pramada Menon: Why do families occupy so much of our headspace?
Picture of feminist activist Pramada Menon, she ihas short hair and is wearing a maroon kurta, black waistcoat and a red dupatta
Interview: Pramada Menon: Why do families occupy so much of our headspace?

Pramada Menon is a queer feminist activist who ponders about all matters she thinks are complex. When not pondering and…
By Radhika Chandiramani
May 1, 2015
Interview: Pramada Menon: Why do families occupy so much of our headspace?
Interview: Nidhi Goyal
Photo of disability rights activist Nidhi Goyal. She is wearing golden hoop earrings and has her hair tied in a ponytail
Interview: Nidhi Goyal

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
Interview: Bishakha Datta on the Brave New (Digital) World
Bishakha Datta with short hair, wearing green earrings, and a brown top.
Interview: Bishakha Datta on the Brave New (Digital) World

Bishakha Datta is an Indian filmmaker, activist and a former journalist. She runs Point of View, a Mumbai based non-profit,…
By Shikha Aleya
July 1, 2015
Interview: Bishakha Datta on the Brave New (Digital) World
INTERVIEW: SEXUALITY AND ADOLESCENTS
Youngsters wearing red shirts with "Enough is enough" written in black march on a road, carrying placards reading "Child sexual abuse - what are you doing about it?"; "The most public secret needs to be told"; and "it takes a community to protect a child."
INTERVIEW: SEXUALITY AND ADOLESCENTS

Our interview section this month features excerpts from three of our past interviews on issues in dealing with adolescent sexuality:…
By TARSHI Team
August 1, 2015
INTERVIEW: SEXUALITY AND ADOLESCENTS
Interview: Marevic ‘Bing’ Parcon on Activism and the Development Agenda
A black woman writing something on a sheet of paper hung on a wall. Around her are more people with markers, or thumbs with red ink on them waiting for their turn.
Interview: Marevic ‘Bing’ Parcon on Activism and the Development Agenda

Marevic Parcon or Bing, as she is known, is the Asia Programme Officer for the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive…
By Shweta Krishnan
September 15, 2015
Interview: Marevic ‘Bing’ Parcon on Activism and the Development Agenda
Interview: Food and Sexuality Via Email with Radhika Chandiramani
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Interview: Food and Sexuality Via Email with Radhika Chandiramani

Radhika Chandiramani founded TARSHI in 1996. She is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship for Leadership Development and the Soros…
By TARSHI Team
October 15, 2015
Interview: Food and Sexuality Via Email with Radhika Chandiramani
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