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Quit Mourning Karl Lagerfeld: A Poster-Boy For Not Separating Art From Artist

By Avantika Mehta February 20, 2019February 22, 2019 In Fashion, Features, Intheirwords 0 avantika mehta, INTHEIRWORDS 0

The sartorial world’s King is dead, and I am not sad. Karl Lagerfeld’s death is no loss to the world —

Sabarimala: How Mainstream politics Has Failed Women…Again

By Anjali Menon January 9, 2019 In Features, Intheirwords, POLITICS 0 Anjali Menon, Equal Rights 0

A day after India welcomed a New Year, it also erupted into a furore as two women, both under 50 years of age,

Let’s Talk About Self-Care Sundays, Ladies

By Avantika Mehta September 2, 2018 In Features, Intheirwords 0 INTHEIRWORDS, Self-Care 1

It’s Sunday; I have on my soothing sheet mask; I’m burning my Lavender essential oil from Kama Ayurveda. Later, I’ll go to a salon and indulge in a massage and a mani-pedi session.

Dear Straight People, s377 is your concern too

By Avantika Mehta July 16, 2018 In Features, Intheirwords 0 avantika mehta, INTHEIRWORDS 1

Oh Lord, my first orgasm. After months of pretending (poorly) to cum with my then-boyfriend, he of much porn experience,

#InTheirWords: Why Must I Wax?

By Avantika Mehta March 2, 2018March 21, 2018 In Beauty, Features, Humour, Intheirwords 0 Hair Removal, Hairy Lady 0

“Show me your arms,” Kanta my waxing lady commands. I show them to her. My display she follows with one of her own: an upturned nose;

In Their Words: Miles To Go Before We Sleep

By Nadika Nadja December 20, 2017June 6, 2020 In Features, Intheirwords, Pride 0 INTHEIRWORDS, Right to Equality 0

On December 17, many trans and intersex rights activists met in Delhi, the Indian capital, to protest the government’s Transgender Persons [Protection of Rights] Bill 2016.