Body

Run for your body, Run No Way!
Illustration of a naked woman with paint smeared across her body throwing her arms up in the air in joy and abandon

It’s sad that we think we own our bodies: the bodies we love, the bodies we hate, the bodies we…

By Abdullah Erikat
June 17, 2015
Run for your body, Run No Way!
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)
Abstract painting of a distorted face outlined with bold lines

i want to 377 you so bad till even the sheets hurt i want to ache your knees singe your…

By Akhil Katyal
June 17, 2015
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)
Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards
A amn lying in a hospital bed, while a nurse stands near him and says 'I don't need informed consent to give you a sponge bath.'

The medical ward is often continuous with the world around it. One would like to think of it as an…

By Shweta Krishnan
June 17, 2015
Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards
Blood On Our Skirts
Picture of white fabric stained with red paint

[slideshow_deploy id=’6158′] I remember the first time I learnt of menstruation as a ten year old. One of our friends…

By Shambhawi Vikram
June 17, 2015
Blood On Our Skirts
Silencing love: Negotiating Sexuality In School Life
एक लड़की के चेहरे की तस्वीर है। लड़की का रंग गेंहुआ है, नाक में नथनी पहनी है, बिंदी लगायी है, आँखों में काजल, कानो में झुमके और बाल थोड़े बिखरे हुए है और कुछ चेहरे पर आ रहे है |

My experience of school, as I remember it, was quite conflicted. As a child I lacked the vocabulary to describe…

By Meghna Bohidar
June 1, 2015
Silencing love: Negotiating Sexuality In School Life
Brushstrokes
Picture of three women standing in line, dressed in various bright clothing.

[slideshow_deploy id=’6065′] The following photographs question our notions of beauty and an ‘ideal’ body. Rahul Saharan shot a series of…

By Curated Content
June 1, 2015
Brushstrokes
Interview: Nidhi Goyal
Photo of disability rights activist Nidhi Goyal. She is wearing golden hoop earrings and has her hair tied in a ponytail

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
The Body In Development Speak
A woman in a black saree and white blouse faces a red wall, so that only her back is visible

It’s (already!) mid-2015: advocates, activists, development workers, policy wonks working on the ‘new development agenda’ or ‘sustainable development goals’ or…

By Rishita Nandagiri
June 1, 2015
The Body In Development Speak
Somebody Else’s Dolly
Collage of photos of women with locomotor disabilities in seductive poses

The body is our tangible hacker of the world. It experiences the world and the world experiences it. I do…

By Shikha Aleya
June 1, 2015
Somebody Else’s Dolly
Notes On Body and Sexuality From The Abortion Discourse
Against an orange background, the bold text reads: "Abortion Rights, Social Justice, Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom"

Rebecca Traister, in her recent article for the New Republic, titled Let’s Just Say It: Women Matter More Than Fetuses…

By Surabhi Srivastava and Kristin Francoeur
June 1, 2015
Notes On Body and Sexuality From The Abortion Discourse
Pleasure and Sex: Non-Committed Sexual Relationships in Urban India
Painting of a naked woman sharing an intimate moment with a naked man as she lies down hear his lap

Academic scholarship, popular culture and media-generated sex surveys are only beginning to understand ‘pre-marital’ sex among young people in India….

By Ketaki Chowkhani
June 1, 2015
Pleasure and Sex: Non-Committed Sexual Relationships in Urban India
The Fear of the ‘Other’: The Emerging Gay Family in Transnational Surrogacy
Photo of a gay couple holding a toddler in their arms

The Nepal Earthquake and its devastating impact on the citizens of the country was also felt amongst a small group…

By Anindita Majumdar
June 1, 2015
The Fear of the ‘Other’: The Emerging Gay Family in Transnational Surrogacy
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Painting of women sitting on the ground cross legged. One is rubbing the back of another. They are all looking solemn.

[slideshow_deploy id=’5490′] To some Amrita Sher-Gil is the ‘Indian Frida Kahlo’. This month we feature five of her paintings which show women…

By Curated Content
March 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
‘What can we do for them?’
A poster of the movie 'Accsex', with a yellow background and white doodles on it. The names of the director and the cast is printed in dark letter towards the bottom.

‘How can she claim to be deaf if she doesn’t use sign language?’ ‘I’m glad this film has articulated the…

By Shweta Ghosh
August 1, 2014
‘What can we do for them?’
Bodies Beyond Rights
Photo of a group of transgender women celebrating someone's birthday

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
Bodies Beyond Rights
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