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वो घरेलू औरतें – उनकी टीवी सीरियल वाली छवि और हक़ीकत
a television set
वो घरेलू औरतें – उनकी टीवी सीरियल वाली छवि और हक़ीकत

घर के काम-काज से
निपट कर
औरतें
दोपहर में
शायद यही बातें करती होंगी
By Salil Saroj
December 15, 2018
वो घरेलू औरतें – उनकी टीवी सीरियल वाली छवि और हक़ीकत
Interview – Alok Vaid-Menon
Gender non-conforming poet Alok Vaid Menon. They are dressed in a vibrant sleeveless dress, jewellery and makeup.
Interview – Alok Vaid-Menon

In an e-mail conversation with TARSHI, Alok Vaid-Menon talks about both performativity and poetic performance.
By TARSHI Team
September 4, 2018
Interview – Alok Vaid-Menon
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory
Black-and-white photo of saree-clad writer Amrita Pritam, holding a pen by her cheek thinking something.
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory

Amrita Pritam’s legacy for women and subsequent generations is to intentionally challenge status quo, trying to use art to challenge accepted taboos and redefine them. Be fearless, unabashed and courageous in the face of crude censorship and charges of obscenity, of raising and using your voice to speak as you see the world – not in the manner that the world expects you to speak.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2017
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory
Locating Marriage
Locating Marriage
Locating Marriage

I began to see Marriage / in Appa’s weathered hands, / smell Marriage / in the tea he brewed…
By Damini Kulkarni
March 5, 2017
Locating Marriage
Extra Large
A posterised image of a woman walking down a supermarket isle with a bag slung over
Extra Large

“Large will not fit you.” / She is scoping me, up and down, eyes / Flicking fast and darting away / From the roundness of my breasts / To the happy jiggle of my thighs.
By Damini Kulkarni
August 2, 2016
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I Walked Out in My Night Dress
Image of an alley in the daytime where the author presumably walks in her night dress.
I Walked Out in My Night Dress

There it was the road I was looking for, / Where I walked in my night dress / under the morning sun, / with no sleeves and no legs / with no bra and no shame.
By Tanya Sharma
August 2, 2016
I Walked Out in My Night Dress
Love Under CCTV + Swipe Right
Photo of a street at night time. There are houses on both the sides, and street lights are on.
Love Under CCTV + Swipe Right

Two poems.
By Nilesh Mondal
May 16, 2016
Love Under CCTV + Swipe Right
Travelling
Against the backdrop of the Taj Mahal, a field with trees and birds
Travelling

Note: Travelling is a poem by Eunice de Souza. I find it impossible to read a poem without layering it…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 1, 2016
Travelling
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)
Abstract painting of a distorted face outlined with bold lines
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)

i want to 377 you so bad till even the sheets hurt i want to ache your knees singe your…
By Akhil Katyal
June 17, 2015
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)
Poems
an abstract painting of various shades of green and blue
Poems

Girl, when you blow your boy, or boy, when you go down on her, or when both of you use…
By Akhil Katyal
October 1, 2014
Poems
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
July 15, 2014
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Voices: Poetry
Black and white sketch of two little boys chasing each other and playing with a toy wheel
Voices: Poetry

Boys standing up to their fathers are invitations to patriarchy When boys become men it is marked by celebratory loud…
By Lean Deleon
July 1, 2014
Voices: Poetry
Voices: I Am Queer
A photo of spots of yellow light arranged in a bokeh pattern
Voices: I Am Queer

  I look at you, a warm embrace, with arms, eyes, mind, heart and soul. You look at me, eyes…
By Asmi
January 1, 2014
Voices: I Am Queer
मैं और तुम
An abstract photo of rocks and water.
मैं और तुम

    मैं अलग हूँ, कैसे? तुमने पूछा | मैंने तुम्हें लौटाया, खाली हाथ, बैरंग, छूछा | मेरा प्रेम बद्ध…
By Asmi
January 1, 2014
मैं और तुम
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