Marriage

Marriage And The Body As A Birthing Vessel
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“I don’t always remember that I’m nearing thirty. On an average day the thought that I have a ticking time-bomb…

By Oindrilla DuttaGupta
December 1, 2013
Marriage And The Body As A Birthing Vessel
Settle down – Kimbra
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October 1, 2014
Settle down – Kimbra
Equality of Sex In a Relationship
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“At the same time, eroticism in the home requires active engagement and willful intent. It is an ongoing resistance to…

By Sonal Sood
April 1, 2015
Equality of Sex In a Relationship
Brushstrokes
Photo of a lesbian couple, one of them dressed in Indian bridal clothes and the other dressed in Western bridal clothes

[slideshow_deploy id=’5886′] In India, non-heterosexual couples cannot openly celebrate their love and their relationships or form families. However, Indians living…

By Curated Content
May 1, 2015
Brushstrokes
Babul by Breakthrough
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Breakthrough’s video – Babul – is a beautifully shot, stirring music video that explores the reality of domestic violence behind…

By Breakthrough
May 1, 2015
Babul by Breakthrough
The Conundrum of Choice: Marriage, Family and Sexuality
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“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” Leo Tolstoy The year 2014 as…

By Pooja Badarinath
May 1, 2015
The Conundrum of Choice: Marriage, Family and Sexuality
Between the Nation State and a Hard Place
A woman from Sri Lanka holding up a placard which has information on why abortion should be legal

Cultural norms and religion no doubt affect the way we perceive the world. They shape one’s behaviour, habits and practices,…

By Sarah Soysa
May 15, 2015
Between the Nation State and a Hard Place
Consent, Marriage and the Family
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It was at the end of the first week of October (2013) that my maternal uncle and I went to…

By Bharti Kannan
May 15, 2015
Consent, Marriage and the Family
अविवाहित महिला के अनेक संघर्ष
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दीपा रंगनाथन द्वारा मैं एक २६ वर्षीय महिला हूँ। क्या इसमें कुछ भी अद्भुत है? शायद नहीं। पर २६ वर्ष…

By Deepa Ranganathan
May 15, 2015
अविवाहित महिला के अनेक संघर्ष
The Story of an Odd Couple
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A very hot July afternoon had forcibly pushed both of us inside a fancy Delhi mall. The air-conditioner was bringing…

By Shivani Gupta
May 15, 2015
The Story of an Odd Couple
The Editorial: Family and Sexuality
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The trouble with the of the origin of families is that no one knows – Kathleen Gough In her 1971…

By TARSHI
May 15, 2015
The Editorial: Family and Sexuality
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility
Still from film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns'. A woman and a man in a wedding. The man holds a baby wrapped in a white cloth in his arms. The woman wears a red Indian suit, red bangles, and has open hair. The man wears a red turban and golden kurta.

What does Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) have in common with Perumal Murugan’s controversial book, One Part Woman (2013)? Stories on emasculation…

By Shweta Krishnan
July 1, 2015
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility
Love, Marriage, and the Neoliberal World Order
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On June 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States of America held, “The Fourteenth Amendment requires a state…

By Debanuj DasGupta
August 1, 2015
Love, Marriage, and the Neoliberal World Order
Feminism, Marriage, and the Dilemma
A bride and her mother holding hands face-to-face during the wedding celebration. Their faces are cut from the picture - we can see from their neck to their knees, dressed in a bride's lehnga, and a heavy Indian suit.

Before I was introduced to theatre and the arts in the 11th standard, the future I saw for myself was…

By Jyotsna Khatry
November 15, 2015
Feminism, Marriage, and the Dilemma
Video Page: Of Marriageable Age
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January 4, 2016
Video Page: Of Marriageable Age
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