Voices
Adolescence: A tumultuous time in my life
Experiences and learnings from the immediate surroundings such as the school and the family leave a deep impact on the…
By Arzoo
July 15, 2020
Reel vs Real: Lessons from the Netflix series, Sex Education
I finally got around to watching Laurie Nunn’s debut series Sex Education that premiered in 2019 on Netflix. With its…
By Isha Vajpeyi
How would it be if we grew up embracing sexuality?
Growing up is a tedious task in our society because of the institutionalised practices, societal constructs and boxed identities and…
By Sreejani
July 15, 2020
Why is it difficult to say, “I’m bisexual”?
Being an adolescent is never easy. It is the beginning of one’s life journey to answering the ultimate existential question:…
By Shaleen Chrisanne
July 1, 2020
Young People and Sexuality – The perspective of two queer allies
As we sat down brainstorming about what course we were going to take next for As You Are (AYA –…
By Aditi and Sunali
Poems by Nhylar
1. A Certain Type of Life since the age of 16 I idealised a certain type of life involving certain…
By Nhylar
July 1, 2020
Challenges to right to life and wellness of being: queer lives in the COVID-19 pandemic in India
New losses, new challenges Elizabeth Bishop, the Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, whose love affair with Lota de Macedo Soares…
By Kaustav Bakshi
Sexy Times Survey: Preliminary Results
TARSHI has been running a survey (we’re still accepting responses) to understand how people feel about their sexual lives during the…
By TARSHI Team
June 1, 2020
Humanitarian crisis, women and health: A perspective from Nepal
A humanitarian crisis situation has different impacts at the individual and community level and is also differently experienced by different…
By Pabitra Neupane
Desirability and Caste
When the pressure started to mount on Surekha, from all corners, to get married, she thought of reconsidering Kishore’s proposal…
By Disha K R
May 15, 2020
Dating in the Time of Social Distancing
At first glance, dating and social distancing appear to be oxymorons. But, as the last few weeks have shown us,…
By Siddharth Narrain
May 1, 2020
Polyamory: A Desire for a New Self
If not him, there is his brother – Mir, are there any restrictions in love? Mir Taqi Mir, 18th century…
By Aishwarya Singh
May 1, 2020
‘Symptoms’ of a Bride: Listening to the Objects of Gaze
A wedding is a major event in a person’s life. The event comes with many dreams, hopes, expectations and desires….
By Aanchal Bhatnagar
Safe Sex In The Time of Abundance
I want it, I got it. Right? Except, what I often get is some approximation of erotic pleasure, which has more to do with my own conditioning about what good sex looks like, and little to do with my body’s erotic mechanisms. This very peculiar condition is often lumped under ‘sexual frustration’, when it should really be addressed under safety.
By Faustina Johnson
April 1, 2020
Sexuality And Looking Beyond Safety
We all talk of ‘safe’ as some place where we are not in danger. Well, the truth is there is danger everywhere. So, maybe before we even delve into the subject of safety and sexuality, it is imperative that we take a moment to pause and see what safety and sexuality could even mean.
By Asmi
April 1, 2020