The Third Eye presents Harishankar Parsai’s Ek Ladki Paanch Deewane (one girl, five lovers) as part of our feminist fiction anthology — because we don’t need women to call themselves feminists in order to be interested in their lives.
This is Part V in a series on the psyche and sexuality, based on the author’s research, reflections and analysis, and looks at the sexual fantasies that seemingly pose a threat to our feminist politics. The essays in this series explain key psychoanalytic concepts and offer pedagogical possibilities while working on sexuality.
Maxi has recently purchased a vibrator and she cannot wait to put it to use. As the series finale, we present to you a classic girl-meets-machine romantic comedy featuring Yours Truly Tom.
Everyone knows that the woods in the night are dangerous, but does it also hold a promise of privacy? After all, what is said (or screamed) in the jungle stays in the jungle.
An accidental touch turns desire and shame topsy-turvy. What follows is a shiver, a silence, and a weakness in the knees.
The TTE-queerbeat Fellowship Programme is a collaboration that seeks to produce, mentor and platform stories by queer folks in Hindi. These stories explore sexuality in the rural context, through the facets of consent, desire, romance and risk, and aim to understand how debates in the wider sexuality discourse and grassroots organisations speak to the realities of queer individuals outside big cities.
When ‘good girl’ Vidhi is propositioned by charming Ayaan, she tentatively agrees. But what will happen when he asks her for a dangerous favour?
On the first night after their wedding, a bride and groom are consumed with anticipation. The million-dollar question is: Who will make the first move?
As Bollywood has taught us, weddings are self-replicating phenomenons: one leads to the other. In this playfully pious shebang, when two strangers meet, not one word is needed for everything to be communicated.
For the first time in 17 years, Vidhi is travelling alone for a workshop. What adventures and discoveries await her? Is she prepared for all that her inner world will reveal?
