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Gender

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8 gender identities explained
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8 gender identities explained

The rising wave of violence against the LGBTQ+ community all over the world has made it even more essential to understand different gender identities. Non-binary people might experience discrimination in the workplace and violence and harassment simply because of their gender identity. Expressing yourself as a man or a woman, or none at all, is...
Rohini KunduJanuary 6, 2025
How Umang Sheth is rewriting the narrative on mental health and identities
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How Umang Sheth is rewriting the narrative on mental health and identities

"People think mental health issues can be cured by yoga, meditation, or holidays. While these can help, they are not cures for serious conditions that require medical treatment. The main challenge is overcoming stigma: if physical pain demands medical attention, so should mental pain. Mental health requires acceptance, understanding that the brain, like any organ, can...
Chaithra MJMarch 21, 2024
The questions I live with: The aftermath of suicide
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The questions I live with: Aftermath of suicide

I still remember meeting him near a tattered tea stall in Kolkata. Young, shy-ish. The skin-folds falling on the denim edge near the hips, the mildly inflated cheeks, the rough curly hair, and the pretty-for-a-boy-coy smile instantly advertised him as the mama’s little squishy bub-bub. We spoke. Movies, books, black t-shirts, 3 more cups of...
Rhea PalJanuary 2, 2023
Keeper of the universe/hero of my life by Garima Behal
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Keeper of the universe of my life

A fortnightly column by Garima Behal on learning to ride the highs and lows of everyday life For the better part of this year, most of the conversations at home have been ending in my family emphasizing one undeniable, inescapable fact. I am slowly heading past what’s considered a ‘marriageable’ age in Indian society. I...
Garima BehalNovember 17, 2022
Nivetha Kannan
First-Person EssaysGenderIntimacyRelationships

Stumbling into polyamory

It was 2018. I had been in a steady relationship for two years. A school friendship that had grown into a relationship. In a casual conversation, I told him, "I don't think monogamy is the only way to be. If we can love two friends and parents can love two kids, why can't we love...
Nivetha KannanOctober 27, 2022