Tagged Under: My Story

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  Insight, My Story Sep '21

  Getting to know the asexuality spectrum

  By Meghna Mehra

  Meghna Mehra talks about issues around asexuality through her personal account of coming out as asexual

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  My Story May '20

  Epidemic of wins and losses over viruses (and disabilities)

  By Ishan Chakraborty

  Ishan Chakraborty opens up about multiple distresses as a person with disabilities during the coronavirus lockdown but wishes not to be crowned a ‘hero’

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  My Story Jul '19

  Of reflexivity and remembrance: 20 years of pride

  By Diksha Sanyal, Namrata

  Diksha Sanyal and Namrata on the 20th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’

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  Dance, My Story Dec '18

  For that balancing act on stage and in life

  By Subhamita Maitra

  Subhamita Maitra on the power of dance to rejuvenate body and mind

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  My Story Sep '18

  Awakening disabled desires

  By Sujoy

  Coming out of self-victimization helped Sujoy discover a whole new sexual world

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  My Story Feb '18

  Match-making between dating and disabilities

  By Ishan Chakraborty, Prosenjit Pal

  Ishan Chakraborty narrates his experience of attending an innovative meet-up in Kolkata that aimed to help people with disabilities find friends and dates

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  My Story Dec '17

  Do you have a ‘queerstory’ to tell?

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall on a story writing venture that will record the impact of eastern India’s queer movements in the 1990s on people’s lives

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  My Story Apr '17

  Awakening the pride within

  By Dr. Mukut Bhowmik

  The author’s first rainbow pride march experience energized him to move out of his comfort zone. Hyderabad, February 19, 2017 would always be a red letter day for me! It...

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  My Story Feb '17

  How carrot grass made me sexual

  By Aakash

  Hushing up sex talk during the growing up years may not be a good idea, but neither does it help to make it all grim and humourless with countless dos...

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  My Story Nov '16

  Little joys of childhood

  By Pallav Bonerjee

  Parents must ensure their children remain in touch with the real world – Pallav Bonerjee continues his series of personal narratives on psychology, people and destiny The word ‘childhood’ triggers...

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  My Story Oct '16

  The boy from Patna

  By Aakash

  It was a rainy evening in Delhi – the drizzle increased the slight chill of the early October air. My mind, after the daylong torture of multiple meetings, difficult conversations,...

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  My Story Sep '16

  Growing up in a ‘mental hospital’

  By Pallav Bonerjee, Subhojit Banerjea

  There used to be a time when I wondered what it would be like to reside in a mental health hospital for a while.