Nirantar

“Do You Get What I’m Saying?” – Discussing Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Indian Regional Languages
Photo of a strip of small black plastic packets of contraceptives.

Language is central to how we think about concepts and ideas, and rights-based language matters enormously when we talk about sexuality. However, much of what many of us know about sexuality-related topics is constructed, explained and communicated solely in English.

By Vani Viswanathan
August 3, 2017
“Do You Get What I’m Saying?” – Discussing Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Indian Regional Languages
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
उन्नीसवीं सदी का महाराष्ट्र और सावित्रीबाई फुले
सावित्रीबाई फुले का समाज से संघर्ष

आज के महाराष्ट्र में महिलाओं की स्थिति और उन्नीसवीं सदी की महिलाओं की स्थिति में बहुत अंतर है और इस अंतर के लिए, आज के महाराष्ट्र के लिए, और महिलाओं की आज की बेहतर स्थिति के लिए सावित्रीबाई फुले जैसे सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं का योगदान अतुलनीय है। सावित्रीबाई फुले के जन्मदिवस (३ जनवरी) के अवसर पर उनके योगदान को याद करते हुए लेखक ने उन्नीसवीं सदी के महाराष्ट्र और उसकी महिलाओं की स्थिति पर प्रकाश डाला है।

By Nirantar
January 5, 2017
उन्नीसवीं सदी का महाराष्ट्र और सावित्रीबाई फुले
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