SISA spaces
In Between Deadlines and Debriefs: On Friendships at Work
In those moments of doubt, when we wonder whether we can really make a difference in the world, it is often our work friends who remind us why we began.
By Nandhini Jaishankar
November 17, 2025
The Heart of Dating: The Debrief
The Debrief is a girlhood ritual as old as dating itself.
By Tanvi Khemani
November 17, 2025
We’re Friends
If my sexuality is an integral part of who I am, then friendship is where I hope I can be who I am.
By Shikha Aleya
October 15, 2025
A World Within A World
The only substitute for “friend” is “friend” itself. Irreplaceable, singular.
By Greeshma
October 15, 2025
Sensuality and Friendship, and the Power of a Loving Gaze
But we always, always know that when it’s the two of us, a label or a word isn’t needed or necessary. We both get each other.
By passionfruitdrizzle and edamame
October 15, 2025
On Loverships, F**kships and Friendships
How am I bringing myself into the erotic moment I am sharing with a lover?
By Andy Stephen Silveira
October 15, 2025
The Side People
We all are members of ‘The Side People’. No, we don’t sit around a table every Saturday to cry.
By Sonakhya Samaddar
October 15, 2025
समावेशी मित्रता और स्वीकृति – हमारी यौनिक पहचान का सहारा
सबसे ख़ूबसूरत बात यह है कि समावेशी दोस्ती समाज में भी बदलाव लाती है। जब दोस्त एक-दूसरे को बिना भेदभाव अपनाते हैं, तो यह उदाहरण बनता है और धीरे-धीरे एक ऐसी संस्कृति का निर्माण होता है जहाँ विविधता को सम्मान और स्वीकार्यता मिलती है।
By Imran Khan
October 15, 2025
दोस्ती, मस्ती, यादें और मिरांडा
कुछ साल पहले ही मुझे एहसास हुआ कि जब भी मैं भविष्य के बारे में सोचती हूँ, तो मेरे मन में हमेशा अपनी सबसे करीबी महिला मित्रों की तस्वीर उभरती है। मेरे हर फ़ैसले पर सबसे ज़्यादा असर उन्हीं का पड़ता है…
By Ambica Naithani
October 15, 2025
डिजिटल भारत में क्वीयर संबद्धता की तलाश
जबकि सोशल मीडिया और ऑनलाइन प्लेटफॉर्म भारत में क्वीयर लोगों को जुड़ने, ख़ुद को अभिव्यक्त करने और गैर-अपराधीकरण के बाद समुदाय ख़ोजने के लिए एक मंच प्रदान करते हैं, संबद्धता के विचार अभी भी जाति, वर्ग, सौंदर्यशास्त्र आदि में उलझे हुए हैं जो बहिष्कार को कायम रखते हैं।
By Vanshika Gupta and Niv
October 15, 2025
When Communities Fight Back – Climate Tech for Sexual Rights
… technology, when designed with love and local wisdom, can transform both climate adaptation and sexual health outcomes.
By Lakshmi Pillai Gupta
September 18, 2025
The Tree on Which Orchids Grow Safe
I’ve never known the answer to childhood questions…
By Lavanya Arora
August 19, 2025
When the Waters Rise, We Stay Rooted
The skills, networks, and resilience we’ve built over years aren’t just stories from the margins; they’re tools the whole system can learn from.
By Satbhan Singh
August 19, 2025
Editorial – Language and Sexuality
The glorious heights of self-actualisation to which some words beckon us, the promises lying within others, it’s all language.
By TARSHI
July 16, 2025
… that feels so personal to me as a teenage girl, because it is indeed, “so confusing sometimes to be a girl.”