women’s sexuality
[slideshow_deploy id=’5490′] To some Amrita Sher-Gil is the ‘Indian Frida Kahlo’. This month we feature five of her paintings which show women…
I recently attended a talk titled ‘Streeshakti’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival. One of the speakers Lata Sharma, a Rajasthani…
Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and a political and social activist. She is a professor of political thought at…
“In Hindi, though there is a word for rape (balaatkaar), it is rarely used by women. Instead they say izzat…
She leans over casually, across me, and rummages in her bag for a moment. I push away the spark of…
Two weeks before India’s Daughter made it to the headlines, I came across this new pledge for Delhi school kids,…
[slideshow_deploy id=’6158′] I remember the first time I learnt of menstruation as a ten year old. One of our friends…
She turns towards me when I speak, and I can feel her eyes thinking over my words, sensitive to any hint of criticism. Her thighs slide against mine, and for a moment we are both distracted by the naked coolness of our bodies. For a moment, we look at each other.