intimacy
Quick Bytes with Abhishek Desai
The pandemic and lockdown isolation made recovery harder for people with sex or porn addiction because of a lack of support systems that enabled their recovery.
By Abhishek Desai
April 18, 2024
On the day my lover would die
I would once again be theirs, in memory, on the day my lover would die.
By Sara Haque
April 18, 2024
Meet me behind the bushes
With access to private spaces taken away on account of the pandemic, suddenly couples from liberal and affluent backgrounds found themselves in the same position as couples from less privileged backgrounds – desperately looking for pockets of privacy.
By Gitanjali
April 18, 2024
अपना और दूसरो का ख़्याल रखना
मां बनने के बाद से आत्म-देखभाल पर मेरे नज़रिये में बहुत बदलाव आया है। एक अभिभावक की भूमिका निभाते हुए और उसकी चुनौतियों का सामना करते हुए अपना ख़्याल कैसे रखा जा सकता है?
By Deepa Ranganathan
May 16, 2024
Editorial – The Pandemic and Sexuality
This month’s offering of articles, poems and fiction is an eclectic mix that (mostly) reflects what was borne out of the pandemic, and its impact on sexuality, intimacy, relationships, and more.
By TARSHI
May 16, 2024
Quick Bytes with Tejaswi Subramanian
Sexuality makes me think of an erotic adventure. Something that helps us be alive to the world around us, and to life around us.
By Tejaswi Subramanian
June 18, 2024
A Journey of Unfolding
My identity unfolded slowly during my postgraduate media studies course, where I was exposed to peers from different socio-economic backgrounds.
By Apoorva Ravi
June 18, 2024
Video Corner: Queering as a Way of Life | An In Plainspeak Webinar
At TARSHI, we see queering as more than just an adjective; it’s a verb, an action that involves questioning accepted…
By TARSHI
एकल जीवन की सराहना
Growing up, for me, has been about accepting that the loneliness and sadness woven into the fabric of my being do not go away with entering conventional arrangements like monogamous relationships or marriage.
By Siddhi Pandey
August 20, 2024
Video: Pride @ Godrej
Just this month, Godrej DEI Lab has launched a video, Pride @Godrej to celebrate Pride as a year-round commitment to…
By TARSHI
September 18, 2024
Quick Bytes with Soumya Mishra
Sexuality is fluid, embodying my emotions, and their expression, thereby creating an aspect of my identity central to me.
By Soumya Mishra
September 18, 2024
Find Yourself – A Triptych
As we grow and experience intimate relationships, pleasure becomes taboo or is only okay as a performance for another person, rather than our right as human beings.
By Suryaa Rajan
November 19, 2024
Home-coming
The morning was heavy, laden with the weight of expectation, with the unsettling realisation that something was about to shift.
By Niv, Vanshika Gupta, Anjani Chadha
November 19, 2024
Whispers of the River
We spoke about everything and nothing at once, her presence like a balm to an ache I hadn’t realised I carried.
By Abishek Philip
December 18, 2024