women’s sexuality

“Don’t let your foot slip!” : Messages On ‘Appropriate’ Femininity By School Teachers In Mumbai    
Comic panel. A school teacher offering an apple to a girl and a boy student, while both of them look at it skeptically.

“In Hindi, though there is a word for rape (balaatkaar), it is rarely used by women. Instead they say izzat…

By Juhi Sidharth
March 16, 2015
“Don’t let your foot slip!” : Messages On ‘Appropriate’ Femininity By School Teachers In Mumbai    
Voices: Unscripted
A black-and-white photo of a hand resting by an elbow, holding a cigarette. The nails are painted in a dark solid colour.

She leans over casually, across me, and rummages in her bag for a moment. I push away the spark of…

By Sami S
March 16, 2015
Voices: Unscripted
Unscripted
A black-and-white photo of a hand resting by an elbow, holding a cigarette. The nails are painted in a dark solid colour.

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.

By Sami S
January 3, 2023
Unscripted
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century
Nivedita Menon, wearing a green turtle-neck sweater, sitting on a chair, smiling.

Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and a political and social activist. She is a professor of political thought at…

By Shweta Krishnan
March 16, 2015
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century
Male Gaze? What About Some Disco Balls?
Clip from an Axe Effect advertisement. A boy reading in a library, experiencing the "Axe Effect". Two girls are attracted towards him, hugging him from his shoulder. He is wearing blue tee shirt and glasses.

I recently attended a talk titled ‘Streeshakti’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival. One of the speakers Lata Sharma, a Rajasthani…

By Japleen Pasricha
March 1, 2015
Male Gaze? What About Some Disco Balls?
India’s Daughter: When Men Come Together, But Women Stand Divided
Poster of a documentary. On a black background is written, "India's Daughter - The Story of Jyoti Singh", with "Daughter" in red and everything else in white. The tittle of two i's in IndIa are flames, making the I's look like candles.

Two weeks before India’s Daughter made it to the headlines, I came across this new pledge for Delhi school kids,…

By Shweta Krishnan
March 16, 2015
India’s Daughter: When Men Come Together, But Women Stand Divided
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Painting of women sitting on the ground cross legged. One is rubbing the back of another. They are all looking solemn.

[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…

By Curated Content
March 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Blood On Our Skirts
Picture of white fabric stained with red paint

[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