Articles with tag: sex

All Boys

Vaibhav Jain Oct 13, 2009 interacts: 36

While America is grappling with gay marriage, we sat celebrating the second Queer Pride Parade in Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.

The Smile of Dinah

Ayesha Umar Feb 2, 2009 interacts: 6

She seems gazing at me with a mockingly triumphant smile, head drenched in blood, eyes fixed upon me as if saying, ’You are a lair, dastard, unfaithful retard.’

What Happened To Tania?

Nikhat Rasool Jan 26, 2009 interacts: 28

Tania! My daughter… Our dream daughter, Sara’s and mine. It’s been six months now since she had gone. Where and why, I don’t know?

Nothing Queer About It

Zarrar Said Dec 3, 2008 interacts: 105

Homosexuality is demonstrated in all species from fruit flies to donkeys. Humans are no exception to this rule and the fact is that sexual orientation is an inborn combination.

Psychology of Men's Honour and Women's Sexuality

Khalid Sohail Jan 3, 2008 interacts: 122

When Eastern women become financially and emotionally independent their husbands start losing control and become abusive and violent

Secret Life of Gays in New Delhi

Mayank AustenSoofi Nov 21, 2007 interacts: 16

On all other days, Pegs N Pints is "normal" - strictly straight. But on Tuesday evenings as the clock struck ten, queers start trickling out of their closets.

The Proposition

Shaique Hussain Nov 6, 2007 interacts: 2

The halala was solemnized. At 11, Iqtidar had his first experience of the flesh. Naghma was facilitated in her return to the man she really loved.

Sex Education For the Next Generation

Khalid Sohail Sep 7, 2007 interacts: 370

Sex education based on science, medicine and human psychology rather than cultural and religious superstitions help make rational and responsible choices in life.

The Choice of Leading a Gay Life

Ali Kamran Jul 18, 2007 interacts: 34

‘forcing them to marry hoping he or she will change’ – such a approach invites anger, irritation, tensions and worse absolute breakdown of relations.

Child Prostitution in Arizona

Sidra Omer Mar 22, 2007 interacts: 3

Although the Task Force is focusing its efforts on the supply, mainly prostitutes and pimps, there’s a practical problem of how to help these children.

Sex and Censorship in the Cinema

Abdul Mustafa Dec 7, 2006 interacts: 78

There is a growing trend in cinema, especially so-called Independent and World Cinema, to show real sex on screen. This trend is especially true in Europe and raises the interesting question of censorship and its value and place in a civilised society.

Innocence, Loss and Nagan Chowrangi

moe Irahkob Oct 19, 2006 interacts: 70

Barron swerved the car through the Nagan Chowrangi, took the turn toward 'Karachi Broast' and parked in front of the non-descript house. He called Farah on her cellphone. 'Open the door, we are here'.

On Sexual Liberation, Extremism and Simple Hypocrisy

farrukh kamrani Sep 8, 2006 interacts: 29

Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmed’s article Convoluted Hypocrisy and Extremism published in the Daily Times on May 30, is a curious read affording us a unique opportunity to see the capacity some people have to retain and propagate wrong and distorted ideas!

My Summer of ’69

ahmad hayat Jun 20, 2006 interacts: 82

It all happened three years ago, not quite a long period, but to me it seems like it happened, perhaps, an hour ago. I seem to be stuck in a moment I can’t get out of...

Internet Relationships – Blessing or Curse?

Khalid Sohail Mar 9, 2006 interacts: 25

As a student of human psychology I feel that the mystery of internet relationships stimulates people’s imagination and they start the relationships where reality merges with fantasy

Heidi Fleiss and Shahrukh Khan – Spot the Difference!

Farzana Versey Feb 6, 2006 interacts: 86

Will Heidi’s male brothel empower women? In Shahrukh’s film why does the woman submit to a ghost only when he transforms into a look-alike of her husband? Why has it now become our overarching ambition to reveal liberalism mostly through the l

Could I Handle Two?

Atif Dec 7, 2005 interacts: 164

As I buckled down to receive simultaneous massages from two girls, my thoughts drifted back to the previous summer

Night Out

soma sarkar Oct 20, 2005 interacts: 37

Mrs. Da Cuhna handled death like she handled life. Head-on, with zest. Today was Joe, her husband’s funeral.

Lynddie’s Smile

soma sarkar Oct 1, 2005 interacts: 6

There’s something pathological about her ability to smile.

The Ultimate Betrayal

sajal javid May 26, 2005 interacts: 381

She sobbed as he put his hands around her and whispered in a hushed voice, “Don’t cry honey, I am here and I love you, its ok! Don’t worry, I am here”, as his hands drifted all over her body making her cringe with revulsion.

Sultan Mints

Nadeem F Paracha May 12, 2005 interacts: 33

Yes, sir, she sure felt like living in a pornographic film. A film made by sex fanatics.

Gay Men and Mischievous Boys

Amrita Rajan May 2, 2005 interacts: 156

“Yaargh!” said Cleopatra as she walked off stage. “She kissed me!”

Parents and the Pill

Zehra Rizvi Apr 29, 2005 interacts: 523

Which desi girl goes around asking her father, when she is unmarried, or even when she is married, to call in a birth control prescription?

Chandni Bar

Saad Siddiqui Apr 17, 2005 interacts: 33

There’s no sex, there’s no physical interaction, there’s no stripping or lap dances. Just a few girls wearing skirts and flimsy blouses dancing away and staring at you... What reason could there be for 40-something men to waste their tim

A Journey Through Our Conscience

sajal javid Apr 7, 2005 interacts: 305

Up to eighty percent of the thousands of women incarcerated presently in Pakistani jails are facing charges related to the Hudood Ordinance, and most cases involve women being charged with adultery after they have allegedly been raped.

You are Not Ready for Desilicious

Shan Anwar Mar 3, 2005 interacts: 12

In a city long past “firsts”, it is New York’s first social space for queer desis to party amongst their own. In doing so, they have defied the accumulated traditions and prejudices of their native and adopted lands.

Holistic Education

Shandana Minhas Feb 28, 2005 interacts: 10

Because of the very silence they believe will nurture their children’s innocence, families place their children at greater risk even as they seek to protect them... In the absence of a parent child dialogue, teachers can talk to children about cult

Black Longings

Farzana Versey Feb 8, 2005 interacts: 31

'Will you kiss me, please?' she pleaded. Are the desires and dreams of the disabled all bleak? I had spoken to two blind people to understand their concept of love and sex.Why should their needs and emotions be any different from ours?

America’s Moral Compass

Omar Mirza Jan 30, 2005 interacts: 164

The Western social contract is far more tolerant and fair than the Islamic social contract rooted in 7th century notions of intolerance.

Let’s talk to Mallika Sherawat’s Breasts

Farzana Versey Jan 4, 2005 interacts: 49

Does that reduce her in any way? Do you know of any woman who has got silicon implants to help in research or because she wants to be a well-padded mamma to her nursing infant? Was Paula Jones wrong in posing nude to support her kids?

The Porno Paradox

Rohit Gupta Dec 22, 2004 interacts: 27

Pornographic websites were some of the first to make the Internet a business, and they are still the largest conduits by which new users are exposed to the Internet. The same pattern is being seen in cell phones.

When Vagina met Viagra

Farzana Versey Dec 8, 2004 interacts: 50

The moment he puts you in his mouth, I can feel her anticipation. And we wait. When it works they say it’s because of you, for when it doesn’t they can say the same too!

Whorrible!

Zafar Anjum Dec 7, 2004 interacts: 16

The film, part fiction, part documentary, was on the lives of prostitutes and was appropriately called Whore (Yo Puta in Spanish). Yo Puta should have correctly translated into I, Whore. It is based on Isabel Pisano’s eponymous book.

Losing It

Fitaa Feeraz Dec 3, 2004 interacts: 23

The beloved Lahori culture known only for its eating and ‘Heera Mandi’. This is the city where I spent my youth. There is no denying here that losing it in Karachi can be quite different from losing it in Lahore, and a hell lot different from

Lesbians vs. Gays vs. Hinduism vs. Modernity?

Farzana Versey Jun 21, 2004 interacts: 212

The only reason I am glad about the Girlfriend ’outing’ is because it concerns women. Lesbians have always been the secondary sex among gays. Patriarchy, even of the limp-wristed kind, still rules.

The Palate’s Passionplay

Farzana Versey Apr 16, 2004 interacts: 47

A low moan is the sound of satiation, after breaking bread as well as in bed. Both food and sex make full use of our senses

Bus

Sucheta Potnis Mar 30, 2004 interacts: 45

What is it, she wondered, her eyes still closed. ’Feels like an elbow’ - the answer came up in her mind. ’Maybe the owner of the elbow doesn’t know it is there’, she thought.

That Whore

Urstruly Mar 29, 2004 interacts: 90

'Angraizi chummi?…ughh… that is gross' she raised her eyebrows 'you didn't tell me that…'

What Is the Point of Marriage?

A Shiraz Mar 17, 2004 interacts: 52

All went well until people began to fall in love with anyone and everyone.

To Love or to Like?

Temporal Oct 15, 2003 interacts: 44

Cross gender and cross generation friendship is an under explored subject in literature and in movies. Yes, we have Sugar Daddies and Mammas and Trophy Wives and Girl Friends. But that is exploitative and not the norm.

So Far Away From Me!

K Anish Pokharel Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 2

in today’s world where people get their would-be spouse to sign an affidavit of compensation lest they cheat on them, chastity is indeed expensive!

Sex and the Saudi

Haroon Moghul Oct 12, 2003 interacts: 94

Imagine you’re a Saudi man, tired from a day of beating your Bengali worker...

Do Foes of Gay Marriages Simply Fear Joy?

Tarek Fatah Sep 21, 2003 interacts: 274

As these couples embraced their future together, we couldn’t help but feel sad for Canada’s gay and lesbian couples who are being pilloried for seeking the same happiness.

Reproductive Health Education

Sadaf S Kamwani Sep 4, 2003 interacts: 28

Reproductive health education or sex education is considered as a taboo subject in our society. To know its reason for being called taboo, I took an interview of ten educated young people (excluding health professionals) regarding their understanding

Tolerating Sexuality

Parthasarathy B Jul 30, 2003 interacts: 36

Crime and Sex

The Vagina Monologues

Khadija Hassan Jul 29, 2003 interacts: 300

One Eve banished us from Heaven. Another is helping us discover the heaven within ourselves. One Eve is blamed in Western theology for initiating sin and instilling self-loathing in her daughters.