Gender

The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality

Sports and Sexuality: many who hear the two terms together wonder how they are connected and what sexuality has got…
By TARSHI
September 1, 2014
The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality

“The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its…
By TARSHI
October 1, 2014
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
The Editorial: Feminism and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Feminism and Sexuality

“Ab dil karta hai haule haule se Main toh khud ko gale lagaun Kisi aur ki mujhko zaroorat kya Main…
By TARSHI
November 15, 2015
The Editorial: Feminism and Sexuality
The Complexities and Necessities of Queer Humour
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The Complexities and Necessities of Queer Humour

There’s a difference between ‘laughing with’ and ‘laughing at’. The above instance was obviously of the latter kind. Humour has a complex but integral relationship with queer genders and sexualities, and it has been evolving over time.
By Rupal Rupali
May 17, 2023
The Complexities and Necessities of Queer Humour
The Complex Tapestry of Fashion: Identity, Expression, and Feminism in a Women’s College
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The Complex Tapestry of Fashion: Identity, Expression, and Feminism in a Women’s College

While women’s colleges are certainly a step ahead of other institutions in creating spaces of liberation and encouraging freedom of choice, this rare advantage must expand itself onto the landscape of our entire country.
By Devanshi Panda
September 20, 2023
The Complex Tapestry of Fashion: Identity, Expression, and Feminism in a Women’s College
The Casteist Charsobeesi[1] of Chachi 420
The Casteist Charsobeesi[1] of Chachi 420

 Kamal Hassan has come to be quite a literal poster boy of all anti-caste memes lately. To reminisce about the…
By Swati Vijaya
October 3, 2017
The Casteist Charsobeesi[1] of Chachi 420
The Body at Work
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The Body at Work

It is evident that the workplace is not just a site for economic production but also a space where bodies are shaped, controlled, and violated.
By Shivani Rajan
September 18, 2024
The Body at Work
The Banyan Tree
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The Banyan Tree

It’s clear Ms. Nisha is not here to shame them or lecture them. She’s here to give them words when they have none. 
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
December 18, 2024
The Banyan Tree
That’s What She Said
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That’s What She Said

You don’t even realise what you’ve said until someone in the group, quick as lightning, hits you with the rejoinder, “That’s what she said!” As you’re trying to make sense of what just happened, the group dissolves into giggles.
By Tanvi Khemani
May 17, 2023
That’s What She Said
Ten Years of Changing the Script
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Ten Years of Changing the Script

Masculinity is like a script given to boys early in their lives. There is a constant pressure to fit into the box of toughness, and be silent and dominating. But what if we all rewrite this script?
By Urasmita Ghosh
April 17, 2025
Ten Years of Changing the Script
TARSHI at gFest, Gurugram
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TARSHI at gFest, Gurugram

This exhibition covered themes such as gender roles and division of labour, migration and belonging, disability and queerness, and the lived experiences of women artists. 
By TARSHI
November 19, 2024
TARSHI at gFest, Gurugram
TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS A FEMINIST MOTHER: IT ONLY GETS MORE COMPLICATED
TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS A FEMINIST MOTHER: IT ONLY GETS MORE COMPLICATED

“Mamma, look, that’s a boy giraffe, I can see his penis,” exclaims my four-year-old daughter in delight at her discovery…
By Shilpa Phadke
January 2, 2018
TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS A FEMINIST MOTHER: IT ONLY GETS MORE COMPLICATED
Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning
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Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning

A few days ago, in a telephonic conversation with my mother, I was made aware of the inadequacies of my…
By Neel
September 19, 2022
Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning
Streaming a Utopia
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Streaming a Utopia

The heart finds warmth in glowing screens
By Shruti Sharma
February 17, 2026
Streaming a Utopia
Sports and Sexuality
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Sports and Sexuality

When I first read the title of the September issue – Sports and Sexuality – I was a little taken…
By Aditi Rajgopal
September 1, 2014
Sports and Sexuality
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