Sexuality
The Paradox of Social Media
I have been working in the field of sexuality for some years but it was an Instagram post that got me to take the HPV vaccine seriously.
By Nidhi Chaudhary
February 15, 2024
The Ocean in My Veins
The circulation of our bodily energies potentially ushers queer futurities. A future that is yet to come, a future in which our bodies will not be imprinted with fear. A future in which newer creative economies of desire, love, and pleasure surround us like the blue waters of the Indian Ocean. I write this brief reflection in hopes of such futures.
By Debanuj DasGupta
July 2, 2018
The Nun Within: Reflections on our self-care workshops with activists
I know that the lives of many human rights defenders are under continuous threat, that sometimes it is impossible to sleep or to enjoy a moment of peace because of the harassment coming from the outside. What I address in this text is our internal disposition as activists, and the ideas that stop us from taking care of and holding ourselves together.
By Rosa Posa Guinea
The Motherhood Dilemma
The idealisation of motherhood is crucial to our culture; it is important that the mother is self-sacrificing. This sacrificial instinct isn’t limited to women’s behaviour. It goes on to encompass the entirety of her corporeality and the way she performs it.
By Vinky Mittal
March 17, 2023
The Moment
You held my hand, we hugged each other / I was lost in your love, wanting to go further
By Shilpa Sachdeva
March 2, 2020
The Metro and Desires
People in the city move from their homes to their workplaces and back to their homes. The production of this everyday rhythm of the city makes people accustomed to the sexual overtones that come with it.
By Manvendra
August 1, 2019
The Metro and Desires
People in the city move from their homes to their workplaces and back to their homes. The production of this everyday rhythm of the city makes people accustomed to the sexual overtones that come with it.
By Manvendra
January 11, 2024
The Masques Of Masculinity
Z is forced to wear the mask of masculinity, a mask made of the various tropes of stereotypical masculine energy…
By Hardik Jain and Shrusti Mulgund
April 17, 2025
The many hues of connections
Connection, to my mind, is one of those profoundly entrenched concepts manifesting itself throughout our lives. It is difficult to let go of.
By Adsa Fatima
October 17, 2022
The Love Laws: Lessons from Shah Rukh Khan and Others
“Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how…
By Shweta Krishnan
February 1, 2018
The Long Route to Being Comfortable With My Sexuality
I have been out of school for close to five years. I recently met up with a friend from school…
By Guest Writer
February 1, 2016
The Learning Curve on Desire, Desirability, and Financial Access
From my experience of being at the receiving end of this snap judgment of desirability, and seeing what a loss it is of getting to know people as persons instead of cardboard images, I realise how unjust this approach is towards seeking companions (which doesn’t necessarily mean romantic partners). This is not how I would want to be seen. I have been missing out on a lot of sexual, emotional and intellectual stimulation by reducing a person’s attractiveness to these notions.
By Bhanu Priya
The Language of the Eyes – Speaking Through Signs
Because we also understand and acknowledge the power of a single step forward, we decided to deep dive into working with sign languages for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and including them in the safe abortion rights dialogues.
By Nandini Mazumder, Ayesha Bashir and Suchitra Dalvie
June 17, 2025
The Language Of Consent
The language of consent is not neutral. It is rigid where it should be nuanced, malleable where it should be firm. Yes is an all-encompassing spirit, ever-expanding; No is frustratingly constricted, barely visible.
By Fizza
March 17, 2025
The Invisible Feminism in Freud?
Should it have been a full stop or a question mark that finished the above title? It deeply confused me….
By Tanisha Chadha
April 15, 2015