Voices
Bodies in Motion: Dance Therapy as Mode of Healing and Empowerment
The dance therapy project therefore squarely locates itself as a supplement to economic skill building and psychological counselling, in developing a holistic sense of self among the women beneficiaries of the project.
By Raili Roy
September 4, 2018
Bodies Beyond Rights
This piece attempts to think about how bodies are produced and circulate in moving registers and discourses, chiefly around the question of representation.
By Vikramaditya Sahai
May 1, 2014
Biscuit tin
I keep on hold the colours and prints to wrap you in gentle delicate flowers or little cartoon lions and boys with fists that say Bam and Super / until I know what lies between your legs the cigar or the smile of consolation if you’re the first
By Shikha Aleya
December 1, 2020
Beyond Acceptance and Rejection
Tolerance and space for another who is not like oneself is important. Without such tolerance and space we risk becoming perpetrators of injustice, forcing everybody into a mold that is not their shape.
By Shikha Aleya
March 5, 2017
Between “Behanchod” And Article 370 Lies India’s Fragile Maculinity
The social contract of family becomes the sexual contract of the state, i.e. by placing women within the ‘domestic space’ under the ‘control’ of the ‘right’ kind of men. During partition this played out in the ‘reclaiming’ of the ‘abducted women’.
By dyuti
October 15, 2019
Between the Nation State and a Hard Place
Cultural norms and religion no doubt affect the way we perceive the world. They shape one’s behaviour, habits and practices,…
By Sarah Soysa
May 15, 2015
Bend the ball like Beckham, but where?
Such open spaces to play sports are mainly occupied by men, while women are mostly excluded on account of various gender norms. This also applies to many underprivileged girls coming from the margins of caste and class who lack access to safe and inclusive open public spaces to play, such as public parks or maidans.
By Anchal Kumari and Vinayak
April 21, 2023
Being of Queer Age
The conversion of the noun (adult) into the verb form (adulting) implies that ‘adulting’ is more performance than inevitability. Which is to say, there is no intrinsic understanding of ‘adulting’; it is something that can be learnt over time.
By Roshan Roy
March 15, 2021
Becoming a Womxn: An Autobiography on Pleasure
Pleasure, in the context of the private, defines the parlance of sexual satisfaction. As a womxn, the private is also the public: how I present and play with my gender, is a way of seeking validation of who I am.
By Neel
February 17, 2020
Becoming a Womxn: An Autobiography on Pleasure
This article was originally published here. The canvas of a city is experiential – from the walls and windows that…
By Neel
January 3, 2022
