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A close-up photograph of a sunflower with leaves and a blue sky in the background.

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

(In)Convenient Choices and Queer Affective Lives: The Story of My Mother and Me

My mother and I have both made certain choices, sometimes inconvenient for me, sometimes difficult for her, but those choices have revealed to me the strength of our relationship and alternative possibilities that she and I can imagine together.

By Sohini Chatterjee

March 5, 2019

(In)Convenient Choices and Queer Affective Lives: The Story of My Mother and Me

black and white image of a man and woman sitting on a hill looking out at nature

Roland Barthes writes in A Lover’s Discourse that we begin to think of ‘love’ as an idea only when our beloved or the object of desire has departed – either when love has failed, or in the absence of the lover – that is absolutely crucial to any theorisation of love.

By Rahul Sen

February 15, 2019

The Impossibility of Intimacy