sexuality

Sexuality and the State

Jerry Johnson

Why India’s LGBTQI movement has a headstart over the West’s

A Girl Like Me

Sonali K

Resisting a lifetime of lessons, I take ownership of myself

Ban Online Pornography

Amrit Dhillon

Iceland is ready to curb this menace. About time other countries woke up too

Where Queer is Cool

Pallavi Polanki

The Union health minister’s attitude to alternative sexuality is typical of a prejudiced majority. For queer students who suffer alienation or worse, relief comes in the form of a campus network

A Desire for Celibacy

Charu Bahri

She doesn’t live the life of a cloistered nun, but renunciation of sex was key to the spiritual journey she embarked upon in her late teens.

The Relationship Mall

Pallavi Polanki

Welcome to the modern era of social interaction. Take your pick of ‘friend with benefits’, ‘fuck buddy’, ‘office spouse’, ‘liberated friend’...

The so-called sexual revolution has created a generation of braggarts who love to flaunt their sexual prowess. Flip the coin, and what you see is a society of men and women anxious not to be seen as sexual have-nots.

Between the Bat and the Balls

Akshay Sawai

Upton’s dossier to the Indian cricket team is not going to make them promiscuous—they always were. It will only lend itself to some cheap double entendres.

I Can’t Think Straight

Ajit Duara

Except for the great kissing scenes, this ‘coming out’ movie takes too straight a turn.

Teen Love

Manju Sara Rajan

Today, romance is a preoccupation with urban teenagers who are not yet 14. They must survive this minefield without deep wounds. How much can parents do?