Volume 006: Pleasure and Danger

Looking at the human experience – especially as it intersects with desire, sexuality, sex, body, age, violence, hunger and thirst – through the lens of the psyche.

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Pehli Raat

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?

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Shaadi

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.

Sense is a Thing You Feel, Not Make

In drama school, we used to spend a lot of time standing around. Now, as soon as I say that, I imagine a chorus of actors yelling at me, saying, “C’mon — we weren’t just ‘standing around’!” Of course not. I meant, we were arriving into neutral bodies — shedding, lengthening, becoming… the ready actor. I think. It’s hard to fully say.

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Waha Ke Baal

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?

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Chupa Hua Romance

What happens when a late-night swim turns into an erotic adventure? To see or to be seen, that is the question. F se Field, Issh se Isshq is a series of audio stories emerging from the lived realities, desires and fantasies of young and middle aged persons.

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Should I Feel Disgusted By My Sexual Fantasies?

From an early age, I felt a constant need to express myself sexually. I wouldn’t call myself ‘sexual’ (even as the sexuality educator in me screams, ‘There’s nothing wrong with being sexual!’). On the sexuality spectrum, I lean towards demisexuality.

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Single Bed

‘Do you live alone? Or with someone?” This question takes on an unexpected weight when Ruhani brings her college friend, Ankita, home. What will be said? Can friendship survive silenced desires?

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Bulli Ka Photo

A tuition class takes no time to transform into a jungle in the absence of the teacher and shy Jehan is an easy prey for the young bullying girls of Pakur, Jharkhand. If you have ever wondered if Gossip Girl could be set in rural India, this episode is your answer.

Feminist Stories of Ishq in Hindi

F se Field, Issh se Ishq: Magazine Se Lekar Suhaagraat Tak

Where does one actually receive sex education? How does one know what to do and what to expect on the first night after marriage? F se Field, Issh se Isshq is a series of audio stories emerging from the lived realities, desires and fantasies of young and middle aged persons engaged in development and education work.