Sexuality
Listening in today…
In this great repository of the human collective consciousness and exposure lies a wealth of tacit knowledge of COVID-19 that is independent of the subject expert.
By Shikha Aleya
May 16, 2024
Interview – Suchitra Dalvie
Getting to know who I really am has been a game changer. Prejudice, anger, control and violence all emerge from fear.
By Shikha Aleya
May 16, 2024
सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग के ज़माने में डेटिंग
ऑनलाइन डेटिंग पहली मुलाक़ात में किसी को अपने घर बुला लेने जैसा लग सकता है, लेकिन फ़र्क़ ये है कि हम फ़ैसला कर सकते हैं कि हम उन्हें अपने घर और अपनी निजी ज़िंदगी के कौन-से हिस्सों में जगह देने के लिए तैयार हैं।
By Siddharth Narrain
May 16, 2024
Meet me behind the bushes
With access to private spaces taken away on account of the pandemic, suddenly couples from liberal and affluent backgrounds found themselves in the same position as couples from less privileged backgrounds – desperately looking for pockets of privacy.
By Gitanjali
April 18, 2024
Lockdown Logs
Why does the gap feel so wide no matter how much I explain, again and again, that I do not mean to hurt him… hurt any of them? I feel torn… but Amma and Appa need my help at home. Lockdown has been so damn hard.
By Kaveri
April 18, 2024
On the day my lover would die
I would once again be theirs, in memory, on the day my lover would die.
By Sara Haque
April 18, 2024
City Scapegoats
A part of me is strong, independent, and quick to dismiss all kinds of uniformity. The other part is bashful, fearful, and somewhat assenting to a vast compromise.
By Andal Srivatsan
April 18, 2024
महामारी, आत्म-देखभाल, और सामूहिक देखभाल – ‘तारशी’ के अनुभव
हमारा मानसिक स्वास्थ्य सिर्फ़ हमारी इकलौती ज़िम्मेदारी नहीं है बल्कि उन संस्थाओं और व्यवस्थाओं की भी ज़िम्मेदारी है जिनका हम हिस्सा हैं। इसलिए हमारी सेहत और ख़ुशहाली बनाए रखने के लिए इनका योगदान ज़रूरी है।
By Vani Viswanathan
April 18, 2024
Quick Bytes with Abhishek Desai
The pandemic and lockdown isolation made recovery harder for people with sex or porn addiction because of a lack of support systems that enabled their recovery.
By Abhishek Desai
April 18, 2024
Editorial – Entertainment and Sexuality
So much power and so much reach in the case of entertainment can be used as a force for good or for its opposite.
By TARSHI
March 18, 2024
Queer Stories for Queer People
The relationships that are portrayed in queer media also often transcend all attempts at categorisation, but are still undeniably queer – as are the characters whose inescapable push-and-pull, to their audience, often becomes the plot itself.
By Malavika Krishna Kumar
March 18, 2024
Queering the Narrative: The Evolution of LGBTQ+ Themes in Hindi Cinema
Despite the progress made, Hindi cinema still faces challenges in accurately representing the diversity of LGBTQ+ experiences. Critiques have been raised regarding the tendency to prioritize cisgender, upper-class narratives.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
From Blissful Ignorance to Unlearning Inequality
As individuals who are now privileged enough to address issues concerning mental and emotional health as compared to our parents and the generations before them, it is still quite disturbing to observe emotional/ psychological violence happening to women at different levels.
By Aditi Mishra
March 18, 2024
Joyland – Gazing Back Through the Lens of Desire
Directed by Saim Sadiq, Joyland (2022) is not a film about trans rights or women’s rights. It is not even about one specific group or community of people. It is about the whole spectrum of human emotions.
By Trijita
March 18, 2024