Culture

Issue in Focus
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There are different narratives where lie hidden worlds of codified feelings, justifications, a reason to buy or not buy into injustice, or othering.

By Shikha Aleya
March 1, 2023
Issue in Focus
Drag As Mapping Culture, Fun, And Resistance Onto Our Bodies
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Drag is more than a form of entertainment or art form or a form of comedic release, it’s the realization of the fun of being queer or having a queer perspective.

By Rajeev Anand Kushwah
March 1, 2023
Drag As Mapping Culture, Fun, And Resistance Onto Our Bodies
The Gendered Muscle in Gym Spaces
A photograph of a person in a gym holding a barbell, his arm and leg visible in the frame.

I can recall my experiences in the washrooms of different gyms that I have been a member of. A men’s washroom is an interesting place in terms of how sexuality manifests itself in its various aspects. It was not unusual to see men of various kinds with strange energies in these washrooms.

By Shiva Chauhan
April 1, 2022
The Gendered Muscle in Gym Spaces
Editorial: Representation and Sexuality
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We are, all of us, trying to hold steady, and to hold space for each other and for ourselves. And so, instead of trying to put together a collection of ‘all new’ articles, this time we are republishing some ‘ever fresh’ ones on the theme of Sexuality and Representation.

By TARSHI
June 15, 2021
Editorial: Representation and Sexuality
Brushstrokes: Dear Sex-Ed Textbook
A screenshot from Robot Hugs' comic. The background is purple and has a figure wearing a darker purple shirt and grey pants. Their hair is green and they are looking curiously and confusedly at the illustration of the female reproductive system to their left. The figure of the reproductive system is coloured in light and dark shades of pink and has a black question mark in the middle. The text, to the right of the figure, says "But I am already whole and complete, and I am not full of empty spaces."

Robot Hugs gives us a glimpse into the doubts and confusions they grappled with while growing up, and unravels the tightly wound preconceptions in culture influenced by, and at the same time, influencing scientific and medical imagination.

By Curated Content
June 15, 2021
Brushstrokes: Dear Sex-Ed Textbook
Shame, shame!
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I discovered the movie What Will People Say? while browsing Netflix. Growing up in a society in which people are…

By Nidhi Chaudhary
July 1, 2020
Shame, shame!
Interview: Paromita Vohra – Part I
Picture of Paromita Vohra, she has short hair, wearing a pink saree and black blouse with a flower in her hair

In an interview with TARSHI, Paromita Vohra tells it to us as only she can: frank, articulate and free of male cow poop!

By TARSHI Team
January 2, 2019
Interview: Paromita Vohra – Part I
Interview: Paromita Vohra – Part I
Picture of Paromita Vohra, she has short hair, wearing a pink saree and black blouse with a flower in her hair

In a two-part interview with TARSHI, Paromita Vohra tells it to us as only she can: frank, articulate and free of male cow poop!

By TARSHI Team
August 1, 2018
Interview: Paromita Vohra – Part I
Brushstrokes: 9 Simple Ways to Become the Perfect Sanskari Woman
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In many societies, women are assigned the role of ‘protecting’ or upholding tradition and culture. Their movements, behaviour and conversations…

By Curated Content
July 1, 2017
Brushstrokes: 9 Simple Ways to Become the Perfect Sanskari Woman
To Laugh Or Not to Laugh
A group of girls wearing knee-length white dhotis, shirts, and goggles, with their hair tied back. "Women in jeans against indian culture - KJ Yesudas" is written opposite the photo. On the bottom is written "challenge accepted".

“Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.” – Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll can be said to have a…

By Jasmine George
January 18, 2016
To Laugh Or Not to Laugh
Issue In Focus: What’s In a Joke?
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Last January, armed gunmen stormed the Paris office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 and injuring 11, because…

By Shweta Krishnan
January 4, 2016
Issue In Focus: What’s In a Joke?
Video Page: Lata Mani on Neoliberalisation and Gender
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Watch media theorist, linguist and philosopher, Wolfgang Sutzl interview feminist historian and cultural critic Lata Mani about the impact of neoliberalism…

By Curated Content
November 15, 2015
Video Page: Lata Mani on Neoliberalisation and Gender
Book Review: Come As You Are
Book cover with white background. Line drawing of a woman from waist to thighs, naked. On top is written the author's name in black "Emily Nayoski". Below it in red in cursive is written, "COME as you are".

You should venture to read Emily Nagoski’s book, Come As You Are in public. Not because you want to make…

By Shweta Krishnan
November 15, 2015
Book Review: Come As You Are
Marriage And The Body As A Birthing Vessel
A person with dark hair and glasses holds up a blue picture frame to display the mehendi on their hand and the chura on their wrist. A birthday cake with the number 29 is to the right, and a wine glass is to the left. The person's head is turned to the side; the backdrop is a red wall.

“I don’t always remember that I’m nearing thirty. On an average day the thought that I have a ticking time-bomb…

By Oindrilla DuttaGupta
December 1, 2013
Marriage And The Body As A Birthing Vessel
Mirror Mirror On The Wall: Who Is The Truest Of All?
An artistic rendering of looking in the mirror. A person with orange hair and a green sleeveless dress looks at multicolored abstract figures beyond the mirror.

Theme: Relationship With Self Through this work of art, I want to depict the relationship of our self with the mirror…

By Jasmine George
December 1, 2013
Mirror Mirror On The Wall: Who Is The Truest Of All?