Body
‘How can she claim to be deaf if she doesn’t use sign language?’ ‘I’m glad this film has articulated the…
[slideshow_deploy id=’532′] PGs or Paying Guest accommodations are a big ‘phenomenon’ in Delhi given the number of universities and colleges…
For transgender persons the body is a very critical juncture where a lot of trans politics happens, given the fact that a lot of our identities in terms of gender do not match how we see our bodies.
Waxing my body for the first time last year to have silky skin like the women on Veet’s box but ended up with rashes instead.
Both rejections and affirmations of the couple are skewered on this doubleness: It is the fullest expression of love and proximity available to us, and it bears all the insufficiencies of present social relations. Monogamous romantic commitment, like infallible lifelong attraction to only men or only women, is surely a minority tendency expediently elevated to a general social principle.
The Nepal Earthquake and its devastating impact on the citizens of the country was also felt amongst a small group…
In one sense, the body is what I immediately am. In another sense, I am separated from it by the…
There’s a difference between ‘laughing with’ and ‘laughing at’. The above instance was obviously of the latter kind. Humour has a complex but integral relationship with queer genders and sexualities, and it has been evolving over time.
It’s (already!) mid-2015: advocates, activists, development workers, policy wonks working on the ‘new development agenda’ or ‘sustainable development goals’ or…
Since we get to see hundreds of thousands of faces over the course of our lives, we know that facial features can take all kinds of shapes and colours and textures and combinations. We don’t see people’s genitals nearly as often.
The body is our tangible hacker of the world. It experiences the world and the world experiences it. I do…
Like some perverted Pavlovian desire,
the wafting smell of fresh soap
that fills up the air in the bath
has my pupils dilate when walking out.
My experience of school, as I remember it, was quite conflicted. As a child I lacked the vocabulary to describe…
Many disabled people in India live with their parents and any expression of sexuality is suppressed as a rule within the confines of their homes. Sexual desires of persons with disabilities are seldom a priority issue for families or civil society. More is said through silence than words. Be grateful that you are alive. Isn’t that enough?
It’s sad that we think we own our bodies: the bodies we love, the bodies we hate, the bodies we…