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#DelhiPride: A Dame To Kill For

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT November 26, 2017June 6, 2020 In Features, Intheirwords, Pride 0 Anjul Dandekar, Bicurious 0

Asked to write this piece about my experience with dating as a lesbian in India, my first reaction was ‘how is any different from heterosexual dating?’ After all,

#DelhiPride: The Silent B In LGBT

By Avantika Mehta November 25, 2017June 6, 2020 In Features, Intheirwords, Pride 0 Anjul Dandekar, avantika mehta 1

A month ago, Delhi organised an LGBTQIA Pride parade. A friend of mine was involved. On Twitter, he ranted about how journalists were calling him to ask for numbers of people who are gay or lesbian or transgender.

#DelhiPride: A Letter To My Ex: You Raped Me, I Forgive You

By Steph Cicco November 24, 2017June 6, 2020 In Features, Intheirwords, Pride 0 Anjul Dandekar, Consent 0

You didn’t expect this, did you? Well, neither did I till about ten months ago. I had so wonderfully repressed the cold hard facts of that evening;

#InTheirWords: Why I Cannot Get Excited About India Winning Miss World

By Avantika Mehta November 22, 2017December 8, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 avantika mehta, Beauty Pageants 0

On a Mumbai monsoon morning, I was pottering around my apartment looking for a computer charger. My roommate was a total nerd,

#InTheirWords: I Thought I Was Body-Positive Then I Gained Weight

By Avantika Mehta November 17, 2017December 14, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 avantika mehta, BODY POSITIVITY 1

I’m older, but not wiser, and most definitely fatter. As I turn 35, I think my empathy has grown, and I know my love handles have.

InTheirWords: Gender Justice, Lists and Khap, The Raya Sarkar Chronicles

By Revati Laul November 3, 2017December 3, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 Faculty Manners, List 0

A week ago, 24-years-old law student Raya Sarkar put out, on her Facebook, a list of academics whom she claimed were sexual predators.