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A Café of Our Own?: The Politics of Queer Spatiality in Urban India
A Café of Our Own?: The Politics of Queer Spatiality in Urban India

This essay is a brief rumination about queer café’s in urban India. Written as part reflection, part recollection, this essay…
By Swati Vijaya and Debanuj Dasgupta
December 18, 2017
A Café of Our Own?: The Politics of Queer Spatiality in Urban India
City Scapegoats
Chili peppers, brinjal, banana, zucchini arranged in increased order of size
City Scapegoats

A part of me is strong, independent, and quick to dismiss all kinds of uniformity. The other part is bashful, fearful, and somewhat assenting to a vast compromise.
By Andal Srivatsan
April 18, 2024
City Scapegoats
Notes from the Field: What Single Women in Delhi Taught Me about Sexuality
Back of a woman with boy-cut hair, wearing red sweater, and a green shawl round her neck, looking at the view from a terrace. She can see houses and more houses.
Notes from the Field: What Single Women in Delhi Taught Me about Sexuality

The women taught me how to navigate the city, as I learnt about the different ways the body is marked in public (and in private too). I often tried to discern when ‘bold’ became ‘reckless’, and what the underlying politics of this rhetoric shift might be. How arguments were stacked up pre-emptively determining who was deserving of protection and whose transgressions left them out in the cold.
By Lucie Bernroider
July 15, 2016
Notes from the Field: What Single Women in Delhi Taught Me about Sexuality
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy
A fogged glass window with the word 'Delhi' outlined in it
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy

India is home to a whopping 17.5% of the total world population. Half of this population is its women. No, correction,…
By Guest Writer
June 17, 2015
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy
Video: “Me, We, Us”
A screenshot from the video. Against a black background, there is a faded illustration of a human face surrounded by concentric wave pattern. On top of the illustration are words in English and Hindi in two columns. On the left column are the words: Language, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, Gender, Mental Health, Rights, Domestic Violence, Sex Work, Activists. On the right column are the words: Tension, Burnout Prevention, Anxiety, Stress, Risk
Video: “Me, We, Us”

Conversations about stress, burnout and mental health have gained prominence, especially during and since the COVID-19 pandemic. But, what is stress and burnout?
By Curated Content
September 1, 2022
Video: “Me, We, Us”