Delhi University

Walks, Braids, Miranda, and Memories
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This was the time we were growing up, learning new things, reading new books and discovering something new almost every day, and this all-women space provided an opportunity to do that without requiring any pretence or catering to the male gaze.

By Ambica Naithani
November 15, 2022
Walks, Braids, Miranda, and Memories
Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
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No matter how much I wanted to be a part of the rainbow, it felt like the rainbow wanted no part of me. It was an elite space for the exuberant über cool gays, with access, privilege and a vocabulary filled with jargon. I couldn’t even decide if I was ‘gay enough’, let alone deconstruct my experiences, having being brought up in a heteronormative culture.
By Shubhangi
September 1, 2022
Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
Being Queer In A Delhi Campus: Plenty Pride Marches But Not Enough Mechanism To Sustain It
Students at IP College For Women, DU, celebrate the abolishing of Section 377. (Photo: Women’s Development Cell, IP College For Women, Delhi University/Facebook)

The war continues as queer collectives, LGBTQ support groups, and college students across the country rally for safer, more inclusive educational institutions.

By Curated Content
April 15, 2019
Being Queer In A Delhi Campus: Plenty Pride Marches But Not Enough Mechanism To Sustain It
How I Dress Has to Do with My Relationship with Myself
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I did my schooling and higher studies in Delhi. Thanks to a compulsorily uniform attire at school, the differences in socio-economic backgrounds of students were successfully erased. But as one enters college, one’s attire gets significant attention, especially for a person from a weak socio-economic background. This transition period from school to college is also the age of sexual anxieties, experiments and experiences.

By Rashmi Gopi
August 16, 2016
How I Dress Has to Do with My Relationship with Myself
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More
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August 1, 2015
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More