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‘Sex-Ed’: The Most ‘Fun’ Thing In School That Didn’t Really Happen
Classroom. A teacher writing on a board, and girls and boys in white school uniform are sitting looking down at their books.

This post is a part of TARSHI‘s #TalkSexuality Campaign. By Gaurav Sharma:  “Ma’am, do we have to make the diagram on…

By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
‘Sex-Ed’: The Most ‘Fun’ Thing In School That Didn’t Really Happen
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
Photo of a woman lying down. The photo focusses on her torso - she is wearing a black crop top, and blue jeans. Her one hand is on her waist.

This post is a part of TARSHI‘s #TalkSexuality Campaign. By Shruti Arora “I’ve never told this to anyone before, but…

By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
Identifying As Queer: What Could Have Saved Me From Bullying And Abuse 10 Years Ago
Silhouette of a man sitting in an open landscape. Sunset, windy weather, and cloudy sky could be seen behind him.

By Dhrubo Jyoti This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. I remember I was…

By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
Identifying As Queer: What Could Have Saved Me From Bullying And Abuse 10 Years Ago
Because ‘Sex-ed’ Classes Taught Us Nothing, And Porn Is Only ‘Entertainment’
A woman reading a very small and thin book.

By Kirrat Sachdeva This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. Talking about the need…

By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
Because ‘Sex-ed’ Classes Taught Us Nothing, And Porn Is Only ‘Entertainment’
‘When A Condom Broke’: The Story Of How ‘We’ Learnt About Birth Control
Coloured condoms.

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. College is…

By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
‘When A Condom Broke’: The Story Of How ‘We’ Learnt About Birth Control
The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality
A man looking outisde through window blinds, as light filters in from it into the darkened room.

“There is no sexuality without knowledge.” -Slavoj Žižek, Agitating the Frame Philospher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek writes and talks…

By TARSHI
August 15, 2015
The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
Names of several Indian cities are typed all over in grey or black on a white background. Kochi, Dehradun, Jaipur, Cuttak, etc.

While we were researching women’s access to public space in Mumbai under the aegis of the Gender and Space Project,…

By Shilpa Phadke
August 15, 2015
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed
Some ten policemen in uniforms walking through a jungle in a queue.

Dear Parents-of-the-Young-Woman-Picked-Up-By-Moral-Mumbai-Police, I write this as a citizen, outraged by the actions of the Mumbai Police in picking up consenting…

By Shilpa Phadke
August 11, 2015
Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed
Why Is Menstruation A Woman’s ‘Worst Kept Secret’?
In Plainspeak English Audit In Plainspeak English Audit 100% 10 Two girls in school uniforms with pleated hair. One says something to another in her ear, giggling. Screen reader support enabled. Two girls in school uniforms with pleated hair. One says something to another in her ear, giggling.

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. Menstruation was…

By Curated Content
August 1, 2015
Why Is Menstruation A Woman’s ‘Worst Kept Secret’?
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More
Coloured condoms.
August 1, 2015
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More
A Boy And His Closet: My Coming Out Story
A placard reading "pyar" (love) in Hindi in white lettering on a rainbow-coloured background.

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. “So how…

By Curated Content
March 20, 2015
A Boy And His Closet: My Coming Out Story
I Wish He Had Respected My ‘No’ In The First Place
Representation of "Consent is key". The words "consent is" are written, followed by an image of a key. The words and the image is in white on a black background.

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. I met…

By Guest Writer
March 12, 2015
I Wish He Had Respected My ‘No’ In The First Place
Years Of Sexual Abuse In A Family, The Collective Angst, And A Final Closure: This Is My Story
A series of pink and green placards that read 'Teach Safe Touch'

This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. The author chose to remain anonymous. Last year…

By Curated Content
February 19, 2015
Years Of Sexual Abuse In A Family, The Collective Angst, And A Final Closure: This Is My Story
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
Photo showing a woman's legs as she lies on her bed over a light brown quilt, wearing black shorts.

By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. I have faint memories of…

By Curated Content
February 17, 2015
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
"Free XXX movie" written in bold. A small photo over it reads "censored". Two more small blurred pictures are dropped over it.

By Karthik Shankar This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  It was fifth grade;…

By Curated Content
February 15, 2015
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
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