August 2024

In 1927, Pandey Bechain Sharma ‘Ugra’, published a book titled Chocolate that explored same-sex relationships between men. He portrayed these relationships as illicit and lurid in nature by using words such as laundebazi, chakletpanthi and masti to describe them. Despite the dearth of formal terminologies, words like these have existed in Indian colloquial parlance for […]

Languages are important. They are crucial components in our cultural and social makeup and a powerful vehicle of self-expression. It is no surprise, therefore, that any initiative for inclusion must address language and make it equitable and representative. This is observed clearly in the increasing adoption of gender-neutral alternatives for common terminologies within corporate and

Imagine you’re hungry at a party and need to know how much pizza to order. You count your friends but forget to include a few people. When the pizza arrives, those uncounted guests are left hungry.  “What gets counted counts.” The statement made by feminist geographer Joni Seager is powerful. Like in the party where

Picture a first-aid box. What elements do you think you would find inside? Gauze, Ointment, Bandaids, a cotton bundle? Now imagine you had to create a first aid box from scratch for your workplace but wait…there’s a catch! You will have to design one to tend to mental health-related concerns in the workplace. So what