Swipe, Match, Ghost: Rethinking Love in the Age of Dating Apps – Gyandeep Bhattacharyya
Romantic life in the 21st century has transitioned to a digital stage. Here, dating applications have become both meeting grounds…
Curated Belonging: Surveillance, Labour, and Intimacy in Ambience Mall – Saddam Hussain
Introduction: Mall as a Symbol of Modernity and Exclusion Ambience Mall, situated in Vasant Kunj, urban South Delhi, is a…
‘Willful Girls’ and Marriage: Reading Gender Equality in Conjugal Relations in Mr & Mrs Mahi & Savi – Deblina Dey
Films can be a powerful tool to confront unequal social relations by offering alternate worldviews. Here, I discuss two films…
Liminal Privacy: Quest For Public Intimacy – Medhavi Gupta
A few days ago, I was travelling in a car with my family and we passed by a famous park…
The Efficacy of Intimacy and Belief in Worldmaking Practices edited by Urmila Mohan (2024): A Review by Sumra Alam
The Efficacy of Intimacy and Belief in Worldmaking Practices (published by Routledge in 2024), edited by Urmila Mohan, is a…
A Match Made in Heaven: Exploring Love, Sex, and Relationships From a Disabled Lens – Kavya Mukhija and Aparajita Chatterjee
Despite the overall U.S. first-marriage rate for ages 18 to 49 being 48.9 per 1,000, for people with disabilities, it…
Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India by Vaibhav Saria (2021): A Review by Ankur Verma
When one attempts to examine the lives lived on the peripheries of society, the perspective largely oscillates between investigating the…
Intimacy and Injury: In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa edited by Nicky Falkof, Shilpa Phadke and Srila Roy (2022): A Review by Sabeeha Shaheen
Intimacy and Injury: In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa edited by Nicky Falkof, Shilpa Phadke and Srila Roy…
A Book Discussion on Intimacy and Injury: In the Wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa
A Book Discussion on Intimacy and Injury: In the Wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa Edited by Nicky…
Dahaad: Love, Sex and Demography – Tannistha Samanta
The “love, sex aur dhoka” genre unfolds chillingly in Amazon Prime Video’s recent offering, Dahaad. Directors Reema Kagti and Zoya…