Lipstick Under My Burkha

 Age no bar
A picture of two hands holding each other

While the idea of older adults and sex is a taboo in itself, the idea of older adults exploring their sexuality, by engaging in same-sex relationships, or by experimenting with the way the look, or by becoming more sexually active, causes even greater discomfort.

By Aamena
March 1, 2021
 Age no bar
Issue in Focus: Beyond Ramps and Restrictions
Still from a Hindi film 'Lipstick under my Burkha'. A young woman wearing blue-coloured lehnga is dancing merrily in an Indian wedding. She has one hand on her hip, another behind her head, and is tilting upwards with her eyes closed, and lips pout.

Accessibility begins with access, enabled or denied, to concepts and ideas. At the core, beyond the architecture of the real and virtual worlds, it is about the architecture of the ways in which this access is broadened, to not only accommodate, but to nurture, the myriad expressions of human minds and bodies.

By Shikha Aleya
August 3, 2017
Issue in Focus: Beyond Ramps and Restrictions
The Editorial: Films and Sexuality
Black and white picture of a woman biting her finger

The arts hold great sway on how sexuality is viewed, represented, and understood. Does art imitate life, or life, art? Or can it be tossed away as an inscrutable mix of the two influencing each other?

By TARSHI
January 16, 2017
The Editorial: Films and Sexuality
Interview with ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava
Still from "Lipstick Under My Burkha", showing actress Ratna Pathak Shah in a lingerie store

Alankrita Shrivastava made her directorial debut with the film ‘Turning 30!!!’ (2011) and has been committed to telling stories about women from a woman’s perspective. Her second and most recent film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ (2016) has received international recognition and is slated to release in India in early 2017.

By Anjora Sarangi
January 5, 2017
Interview with ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava