Articles by Tanmay Nivedita

Tanmay Nivedita is trans feminist (pronouns: he/him/they) who has worked with Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan, a trade union organising landless rural workers, marginalised communities and young people based in rural Bihar for the last decade.

The Last Game of Frisbee in Panserwa

January 16, 2026

As a group of girls and a young activist refuse to bow down to upper-caste bullies, the entire village stands witness to a confrontation between play and patriarchy. In this essay, Tanmay paints the picture of rural Bihar and narrates the consequences of joy (and a frisbee) finding itself in the wrong hands.