Demisexuals don't feel sexual desire without strong emotional attachment. Grey asexuals feel sexual desire, but rarely. Are they the same thing?
Gathering Fragments: My Struggles with Anxiety
Written in the immediate aftermath of an anxiety attack, this poem is my frantic attempt to give words to the indescribable feeling that anxiety really is.
VIBGYOR: The Seven Stages of Love
Each stage of love imagined as a colour in the rainbow.
Un-Dank Memes by Un-Woke Teens: India’s Offensive Meme Problem
When satire is aimed at the powerless, it's not just cruel, it's vulgar.
‘I Wish to Be Able to Tell You What Manhood Is NOT’: A Poem for My Son
In this poem, a young woman imagines writing to her son about the constraints of masculinity.
Taweez-Dhaaga, or Jinn in the System
The jinn 'possess' humans at a cellular level, just as immigrants 'invade' the nation on a societal level.
‘Blood Brothers’: A Glimpse into Nazi Berlin’s Street Gangs
Ernst Haffner, translated from the German by Michael Hoffman, writes about destitution and despair in their rawest form, without any romanticising to soften the blow for readers.
Looking for Positive Queer Stories in Indian Media
Away from mainstream media, Indian ad and short filmmakers are telling transformative, positive stories about being queer in India.
Writing with My Body, or Queer Expression as Resistance
When it comes to the queer movement, the body is the primary site of contestation.
What Can We, Responsible Readers, Do About Fake News?
Fake news is here to stay. So, it’s time we empowered ourselves against it.