Desire

Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
Photo of a woman lying down. The photo focusses on her torso - she is wearing a black crop top, and blue jeans. Her one hand is on her waist.

This post is a part of TARSHI‘s #TalkSexuality Campaign. By Shruti Arora “I’ve never told this to anyone before, but…

By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance
A woman wearing a blue saree and an orange blouse performing Kathak. She is wearing colourful bangles and jewellery on top of her forhead, ears, and neck. She is wearing kajal, a black bindi, and her hair is tied.

[slideshow_deploy id=’4883′] This series of images captures a few Indian dance forms that have over time told stories of desire….

By Curated Content
January 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance
Dances of Desire: From Devadasis to Modern Storytellers
A man and a woman perform Kathakali on stage, wearing typical Kathakali costumes of red and white and elaborate headgear. A lamp is lit on the stage. Their makeup and dresses show beautifully in contrast to the darkened stage.

It is not entirely impossible to imagine that classical Indian dance is timeless or that the stories narrated in these…

By Shweta Krishnan
January 1, 2015
Dances of Desire: From Devadasis to Modern Storytellers
Desire Against Desire
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Post the historic Naz Foundation judgment of the Delhi High Court in July 2009, a prominent English news magazine carried…

By Oishik Sircar
June 1, 2014
Desire Against Desire
The Impossible Collective: A Review of Rituparno Ghosh’s Dahan (1997)
Poster for the Bengali film 'Dahan"
June 1, 2014
The Impossible Collective: A Review of Rituparno Ghosh’s Dahan (1997)
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
Reel Review: Of Sex and Desire: What Mark O’Brien Taught Me
Poster for the movie "The Sessions". Rectangluar photos of different characters from the movie are arranged against a background of varying shades of blue rectangles. Source: Creative Commons
December 1, 2013
Reel Review: Of Sex and Desire: What Mark O’Brien Taught Me
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