Youth

Editorial – Movement and Sexuality
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This issue of In Plainspeak while inviting us to embrace the joys and pleasure in movement, also questions the ways in which movements are facilitated or obstructed, visibilised or invisibilised, and the spaces that we must envision to find freedom in/to movement.

By TARSHI
May 19, 2022
Editorial – Movement and Sexuality
Buddha Mil Gaya… Why Does the Thought of Old People With Sex Lives Make Us Cringe?
Drawing of an older couple drinking from a cup with two straws shaped like a heart on a pink background. One of them is dressed in purple and asks “Wanna get it on tonight?” The other person is wearing a green checked shirt with yellow color. Aree logo can be seen on the top right of the drawing.

What is unconventional about the depiction of this love, among all the others that have been spoon fed to us via Bollywood, is that this romance between two older people – Nafisa Ali and Dharmendra – is not about stealing the odd glance and simply holding hands.

By Curated Content
March 15, 2021
Buddha Mil Gaya… Why Does the Thought of Old People With Sex Lives Make Us Cringe?
Youth, Class and Sexuality
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Class is a very important factor if you want to associate with “smart” company. Your looks, your fashion sense, your taste in music, your knowledge about international issues and celebrity gossip become very important to belong to “that” bunch of people.

By Amit Timilsina
June 15, 2019
Youth, Class and Sexuality
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream
Black and white photo of two young women speaking on a stage, reading out from the sheets of paper in their hands. One wears a saree, and has curly hair left open. The other wears a top, and has her hair open falling till her chest. She holds a rectangle-shaped structure in front of her face through which she sees across.

One gets introduced to feminism through various modes: through books, through university courses, through parents and sometimes one does not…

By Jasmine George
November 1, 2015
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream
Young People Lead the Way: From Parliamentary Processes to Kitchens
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[slideshow_deploy id=’6681′] The buzzword for the world of development in the 21st century is “Young People.” But there are serious…

By Curated Content
September 1, 2015
Young People Lead the Way: From Parliamentary Processes to Kitchens
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
A meme of a woman with her finger pointing outward speaking angrily. Text written reads, "Meaningful youth participation means involving young people in decision making process, not just making them as decoration!"

There are many mechanism, agendas and processes such as the post-2015 mechanism in development to ensure gender equality and ‘to…

By Sarah Soysa
September 1, 2015
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
Pleasure and Danger: The role of mobile phones in the intimate lives of adolescent girls in a Mumbai slum
Photo of an Indian girl in a school uniform, carrying her schol bag on her shoulders. Her hair are neatly set in two braids, tied with a black ribbon.

“My brother does not want me to buy a mobile phone. He says that there are already three phones in…

By Juhi Sidharth
July 1, 2015
Pleasure and Danger: The role of mobile phones in the intimate lives of adolescent girls in a Mumbai slum
Pleasure and Sex: Non-Committed Sexual Relationships in Urban India
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Academic scholarship, popular culture and media-generated sex surveys are only beginning to understand ‘pre-marital’ sex among young people in India….

By Ketaki Chowkhani
June 1, 2015
Pleasure and Sex: Non-Committed Sexual Relationships in Urban India
Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you
A picture of a class full of young students with their four teachers standing at the back. One of the students towards the front is holding up a placard with Mary Wollstonecraft's name written on it.

By: Chelsea Birkby at The F-Word. Chelsea Birkby welcomes the spread of the feminist movement online with open arms for changing young women’s…

By Curated Content
March 15, 2014
Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you
Review: The Yellow Book
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After the endless media coverage of the horrific gangrape in December 2012, words like rape, sex, vagina and so on…

By Mad Momma
December 1, 2013
Review: The Yellow Book
What Do Sexual Rights Mean To You?
A person with short dark hair and silver earrings holds a sign that says "Sexual Rights To Me Means Control Over My Own Body". The photo is in black and white.

[slideshow_deploy id=’532′] PGs or Paying Guest accommodations are a big ‘phenomenon’ in Delhi given the number of universities and colleges…

By Disha Luthra
December 1, 2013
What Do Sexual Rights Mean To You?