Sexuality

Pleasure and Danger: The role of mobile phones in the intimate lives of adolescent girls in a Mumbai slum
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Pleasure and Danger: The role of mobile phones in the intimate lives of adolescent girls in a Mumbai slum

“My brother does not want me to buy a mobile phone. He says that there are already three phones in…
By Juhi Sidharth
July 1, 2015
Pleasure and Danger: The role of mobile phones in the intimate lives of adolescent girls in a Mumbai slum
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility
Still from film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns'. A woman and a man in a wedding. The man holds a baby wrapped in a white cloth in his arms. The woman wears a red Indian suit, red bangles, and has open hair. The man wears a red turban and golden kurta.
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility

What does Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) have in common with Perumal Murugan’s controversial book, One Part Woman (2013)? Stories on emasculation…
By Shweta Krishnan
July 1, 2015
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility
Being Fake, Being Online: Young Women’s Self-Expressions through Multiple Profiles on Social Media
Being Fake, Being Online: Young Women’s Self-Expressions through Multiple Profiles on Social Media
July 1, 2015
Being Fake, Being Online: Young Women’s Self-Expressions through Multiple Profiles on Social Media
The ‘Filmy’ Body: Understanding pleasure and dance in public space
The ‘Filmy’ Body: Understanding pleasure and dance in public space
July 1, 2015
The ‘Filmy’ Body: Understanding pleasure and dance in public space
Interview: Bishakha Datta on the Brave New (Digital) World
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Interview: Bishakha Datta on the Brave New (Digital) World

Bishakha Datta is an Indian filmmaker, activist and a former journalist. She runs Point of View, a Mumbai based non-profit,…
By Shikha Aleya
July 1, 2015
Interview: Bishakha Datta on the Brave New (Digital) World
If the Internet Didn’t Exist
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If the Internet Didn’t Exist

  If the Internet didn’t exist, I believe I would be a highly insecure person. Don’t read that the wrong…
By Ragamalika Karthikeyan
July 1, 2015
If the Internet Didn’t Exist
TROPES VS WOMEN IN VIDEO GAMES
TROPES VS WOMEN IN VIDEO GAMES
July 1, 2015
TROPES VS WOMEN IN VIDEO GAMES
From hysteria to orgasms –The story of sex toys
From hysteria to orgasms –The story of sex toys
July 1, 2015
From hysteria to orgasms –The story of sex toys
The Editorial: Body and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Body and Sexuality

In one sense, the body is what I immediately am. In another sense, I am separated from it by the…
By TARSHI
June 17, 2015
The Editorial: Body and Sexuality
Run for your body, Run No Way!
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Run for your body, Run No Way!

It’s sad that we think we own our bodies: the bodies we love, the bodies we hate, the bodies we…
By Abdullah Erikat
June 17, 2015
Run for your body, Run No Way!
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)
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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)
Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards
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Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards

The medical ward is often continuous with the world around it. One would like to think of it as an…
By Shweta Krishnan
June 17, 2015
Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards
Beauty
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Beauty

And all my life I’ve lived alone. What it means to be beautiful, I’ve never known. I’ve had partners but…
By Almas Shamim
June 17, 2015
Beauty
Blood On Our Skirts
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Blood On Our Skirts

[slideshow_deploy id=’6158′] I remember the first time I learnt of menstruation as a ten year old. One of our friends…
By Shambhawi Vikram
June 17, 2015
Blood On Our Skirts
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy
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Sex, the City and Hypocrisy

India is home to a whopping 17.5% of the total world population. Half of this population is its women. No, correction,…
By Guest Writer
June 17, 2015
Sex, the City and Hypocrisy
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