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‘When A Condom Broke’: The Story Of How ‘We’ Learnt About Birth Control
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‘When A Condom Broke’: The Story Of How ‘We’ Learnt About Birth Control

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
‘Sex-Ed’: The Most ‘Fun’ Thing In School That Didn’t Really Happen
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‘Sex-Ed’: The Most ‘Fun’ Thing In School That Didn’t Really Happen

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
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
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‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’

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’
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More
August 1, 2015
‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’: Watch What These Young People Have To Say About Sex-Ed And More
Years Of Sexual Abuse In A Family, The Collective Angst, And A Final Closure: This Is My Story
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Years Of Sexual Abuse In A Family, The Collective Angst, And A Final Closure: This Is My Story

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
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
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Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women

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
Why Is Menstruation A Woman’s ‘Worst Kept Secret’?
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Why Is Menstruation A Woman’s ‘Worst Kept Secret’?

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’?
The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality
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The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality

“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
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
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Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.

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.
Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed
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Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed

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
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
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Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing

By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  I remember an…
By Curated Content
January 16, 2015
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies
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Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies

By Shambhavi Saxena This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  Various forms of media have…
By Curated Content
January 28, 2015
Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies
Identifying As Queer: What Could Have Saved Me From Bullying And Abuse 10 Years Ago
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Identifying As Queer: What Could Have Saved Me From Bullying And Abuse 10 Years Ago

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
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
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I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight

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
I Wish He Had Respected My ‘No’ In The First Place
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I Wish He Had Respected My ‘No’ In The First Place

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
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