Maya Sharma

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
जन आन्दोलन पर माया शर्मा के साथ साक्षात्कार – भाग २
Black-and-white face-photo of Maya Sharma, middle-aged, white boy-cut hair, and is wearing specks.

नोटिस: यह अंजोरा सारंगी के माया शर्मा के साथ साक्षात्कार का दूसरा भाग है, इस साक्षात्कार का पहला भाग यहाँ…

By Anjora Sarangi
January 5, 2017
जन आन्दोलन पर माया शर्मा के साथ साक्षात्कार – भाग २
The Editorial: People’s Movements and Sexuality
Illustration of a young man with his tilted back, and a pink bird flying out of his mouth. The picture has light pink background.

For as long as we can conceive of the existence of human civilisation, we can expect there to have been people’s movements. The term ‘people’s movements’ itself refers to the inexorable nature of the human being: things always change; they fall apart and come together in dynamic fluidity, and this uncontainable, organic spirit of constant flux is some of the joy of living.

By TARSHI
December 16, 2016
The Editorial: People’s Movements and Sexuality
Interview: Maya Sharma on People’s Movements in India – II
Painting showing caste differences. Two women squatting, facing each other. One wears a plain white simple saree without a blouse, and has a darker complexion. The other, of fairer complexion, wears a shiny purple saree with blouse, and a big nose ring. Below in cursive is written, "wild six paking the greenspad".

Vikalp aims to join people, form groups at the ground level. When people talk to one another, they will also learn from one another. It is then that advocacy and campaigning can make a real difference – when people from the local communities take up their own cause.

By Anjora Sarangi
December 16, 2016
Interview: Maya Sharma on People’s Movements in India – II
जन आन्दोलन पर माया शर्मा के साथ साक्षात्कार – भाग १
Black-and-white face-photo of Maya Sharma, middle-aged, white boy-cut hair, and is wearing specks.

माया शर्मा एक नारीवादी एक्टिविस्ट हैं जो भारत के महिला आन्दोलन में पूरे जोश के साथ जुड़ी रही हैं। उन्होंने…

By Anjora Sarangi
December 16, 2016
जन आन्दोलन पर माया शर्मा के साथ साक्षात्कार – भाग १
Interview: Maya Sharma on People’s Movements in India – 1
Painting showing caste differences. Two women squatting, facing each other. One wears a plain white simple saree without a blouse, and has a darker complexion. The other, of fairer complexion, wears a shiny purple saree with blouse, and a big nose ring. Below in cursive is written, "wild six paking the greenspad".

Maya Sharma is a feminist and activist who has been passionately involved in the Indian women’s movement. She has co-written Women’s Labour Rights, a book on single women’s lives. She is currently working with Vikalp Women’s Group, a grassroots organization in Baroda, Gujarat, that works with tribal women and transgender people.

TARSHI volunteer Anjora Sarangi interviews Maya about her experiences with and observations about various people’s movements in India.

By Anjora Sarangi
December 5, 2016
Interview: Maya Sharma on People’s Movements in India – 1