Acing Love: The Blurred Contours of Asexuality

By Ananya Chakravarthi, India

2018 was the year in which the Supreme Court of India struck down the provisions of Section 377, effectively decriminalizing consensual same-sex relationships. Jubilations filled the streets as…

To swing both ways

By Ashitha Nayak, India

At twelve, he had his first guy crush.

At fourteen, he had his first girl crush.

At seventeen, he had a dream, of being in bed with another boy.

A Sickle Cell Story

By Ruth Mbijigoh, Cameroon

There’s something about me that not many people know. I have a condition called sickle cell disease. This is a blood disorder in which my red blood cells are crescent-shaped. This unusual shape restricts my blood cells’ ability to carry…

How my culture soiled my life

By Ruth Mbijigoh, Cameroon

“I leave my house; Leave my house; Leave my house!” were the three words he repeated thrice to terminate a 10 years marriage. Just like that and it was over” Salamoutou narrates. Salamatou, 20 years old was the 8th wife to a…

Penning Letters of Intimacy — To myself

By Ananya Chakravarthi, India

For the past year, living with COVID-19, life has taken on different shades and hues for different people, depending on their socio-economic status, age, gender, the geography of residence, etc. But given…

A concoction called Life

By Ananya Chakravarthi, India

Hamsters (German for ‘hoard’) are humble creatures. Very often they are adopted as pets and occasionally, used in laboratory experiments. One of the first images that pop up in the head when someone says the word ‘hamster’ is that…

Soothing(ish) Poetry for the Mind

By Anirudh Bathija, India

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. — Plato

Poetry can be a balm for the mind when it isn’t so terribly wordy and intense. Sometimes we all need a poem that calms us down, speaks to…

Anonymous: History Rhymes - Nationalism and Xenophobia

Amapoli: Sustainable menstrual health during the pandemic

By Camila Huecho, Chile

I live in Temuco, Chile. And I can say for a fact, that this country was not ready for a world-hitting pandemic — just as none of us really were. The active cases number in all 15…

Bernie Sanders — An Ode To The Progressive Movement

By Anirudh Bathija, India