Sexuality
We don’t have an original I-Column this month. Instead we feature the voices of two women, Deepika Padukone and Reshma…
At 13, I could (correctly!) explain the reproductive system of a plant. I’d been rather intimate with the anatomy of…
I think the best thing we can do as we take this conversation forward is to consider this multifaceted breadth of desire as erotica; to include and not exclude in our definitions, and to accept desire wherever it lives, and in whatever form.
…we must also address men’s relationships with their spouses, other men, women and children in the community, and importantly, their own emotional selves to transform fatherhood. Therefore, engaging with men as fathers must involve a holistic understanding of their socialisation, emotional world, and position within patriarchal structures.
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.
It has troubled me for a long time now that there are hardly any Bollywood block busters that focus on…
Friendship has always remained a thinly coded term for same-sex love within queer discourses, and early writings in favour of…
That’s what books do, they open up the world to new possibilities, let you live a life bigger than your own.
In 2008, there were two important sets of events that happened: six weeks of intense hearings at the final arguments stage in the Naz Foundation case at the Delhi High Court, where section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was being challenged, and a bunch of folks in Delhi deciding that they were going to organize a Pride March. While these don’t seem obviously connected, they were both expressions of freedom, one in constitutional terms within the courtroom, and the other, a very public expression of freedom, taking to the streets.
Where we are now: In August this year the Supreme Court of India declared that privacy at its core includes…
What do you think of when you put the words freedom and sexuality together? Orgies? Polyamory? Sex with no unwanted…
I found The Butterfly Effect fascinating; it was wonderful to see discussions around porn without a singular lens of exploitation, and to tease out the nuances of how porn can be helpful – as in the case of those who request customs – or not
That little baby born in spring,
Shall “he” identify as Queer?
Regardless, Polaris feels queer!
We spoke to four Hindu-Muslim couples from four generations to learn how to keep love afloat in this climate of naked hatred.