My Story

I called off my wedding on the D-day

“I am an eyesore for my family because I called off my wedding. I wasn’t going to put up with the lies that the guy’s family was telling us,” says Ranju, as she looks back at the day she would have been married.

‘Why does my boyfriend watch porn?’

"Rohit and I shared a very healthy sexual relationship even though we had been seeing each other for two years," says Sanjanai. "So when I discovered that he still jerks off watching porn, I was in a state of a shock."

My dad on sex: kissing = pregnancy

My parents are Indian but I was born and raised in Canada. When I was 16, I wanted to go out on my first date. I asked my dad if I could go for a matinee movie with a boy – he said no. He said, “Holding hands leads to kissing, leads to pregnancy!”

My failed lesbian love story

“If we elope, we will be hunted down and beaten. We might love each other but our community will not understand this love,” says Kamini. From rural Haryana, Kamini and her lesbian partner had no choice but to give up their love and marry men.

'Light-skinned girls turn me on!'

Abhay finds fair-skinned girls irresistibly sexy. Funnily enough his girlfriend, Tara, has a wheatish complexion. A few weeks ago Tara found out about Abhay’s obsession with 'white' skin and demanded a break-up.

White boyfriend, living together, not married: 'Times are changing'

Namitha has been living with her German boyfriend for over two years. “It's been hard, to say the least. And that's not because of our relationship, but because what other people have to say about our relationship!” she says.

'I thought I didn't have a vagina'

“I was convinced I didn’t have a vagina”, says Jasmine. The thought of intercourse gave her the jitters; how could anything enter her without causing severe injury? Her fear paralysed her but also tempted her to crack the riddle within.

'I realised I felt attracted to men and women'

I was 18 when my fiancé left for studying abroad. Our long-distance relationship was going steady when I met this girl. I bonded with her instantly. One thing led to another and we began kissing. I wondered how I could be attracted to this girl, when I was still attracted to my fiancé?

Fantasising about my uncle – pleasure, guilt and acceptance

“I felt dirty about myself,” says Atreyi, “I found it extremely hard to believe that I, of all people, was capable of fantasising about my uncle.” Guilt did not let Atreyi behave normally, until she talked it out.

My first time watching porn

Do women watch porn? Sure they do. Though they might not admit it. But how do girls get into watching pornography? We asked five young women from Delhi about their first-time porn experiences.

Section 377: is it right to ban gay love?

Indians in same-sex relationships find that once again their love is outlawed, with the reinstatement of Section 377. We asked six young professionals from Delhi and Bangalore for their thoughts on the Supreme Court ruling.

Sexual harassment at work: women speak out

The culture of silence around sexual harassment at the workplace in India has received a serious jolt in the past few months. We asked four young media professionals for their opinions on the issue.