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The Lesbian Postbox of New Delhi
How did lesbian women meet before the internet? Read the story of how queer women sent letters to a 1990s Indian lesbian collective to find friendship, community, and sexual identity – the analog way!
Dec 13, 2024
A History of The Internet’s Most Famous Friendship Meme
How ek doston ka gang fought, forgave and redefined internet culture forever
Nov 08, 2024
Finding Fatima Sheikh
The story of a woman who in the 1800s co-founded 18 schools for girls, fighting caste and gender prejudice at each step
Jan 10, 2024
Dreams, Fears and Friendship: A Story about Abortion-and Love
A comic created by Agents of Ishq in collaboration with Ibis Reproductive Health, building on their research on self-managed abortions.
Aug 12, 2023
Some Sundays
Over copious cups, I waited for a romance to brew, and found myself left with nothing but green tea!
Oct 20, 2023
Firdaus Kanga: The Man Who Wrote About Queerness, Disability And Desire In 90s India!
Today’s #HistoriesofIshq celebrates the Parsi man whose life and work allows us to imagine a limitless world
Dec 10, 2023
“Should I announce my disability?”
“Do I pick the venue?”
Dating tips and advice for disabled people, from disabled people
Nov 10, 2023
I Thought I’d Be Too Cool For Vanity. But, It Was A Struggle
Author Shormistha Mukherjee on struggling with self-image and reconnecting with intimacy during and post her breast cancer treatment.
Sep 22, 2023
Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan! 10 Tales on AOI about Friendship that Get Us in Our Feels!
#HappyFriendshipsDay with some of Agents of Ishq's best writings on friendship-wala love.
Aug 07, 2023
History of Internet In 10 Sexy Phrases
Here are 10 phrases that track how the Internet changed sex over the years!
Aug 01, 2023
Maitri Karar: A Gujarati custom that allow queer relationships legitimacy
When polygamy was banned in 1956, the Maitri Karar was invented to allow men to support their mistresses. And then, queer couples used it to live together legally.
Jun 16, 2023
Love was a stereotype. Friendship was radical. And then, I met her.
If witnessing a relationship slowly die out like a star collapsing into itself were a color, it would be tangerine.
Aug 05, 2023
Reckless In Love, Powerful In Sisterhood - Vijeta Kumar Interviews Asha Kowtal
Asha was General Secretary of All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) for eleven years
Jun 28, 2022
Bad Habits, Good Women: My Conversations with Nuns
Unmarried, celibate, religious – is every nun the same kind of woman? Nikhita finds out!
Mar 01, 2022
The Case Of The Missing Butterflies In My Tummy
I thought if I gave myself a push, I’d fall into the hormone pool everyone was swimming in.
Feb 01, 2022
Stories From A Survey: Manju's Story
Nov 01, 2021
Friendship: The Movie featuring Uncertain Love
Shocking - Queer people confused if their flirting is romantic or platonic!
Oct 17, 2021
"The Talk Of The Heart, It’s Not As Easy As It Looks" : Saleem Kidwai’s Friendship with Begum Akhtar
An interview with the late Saleem Kidwai about his life and friendship with Begum.
Sep 12, 2021
The Misadventures of Cheeku Tarbooza In The Search of Friends
Will this introvert find dosti in a big city finally?
Aug 21, 2021
Good Friends, Bad Boys And Friendship Betrayals
Do you remember your first friendship break-up? Pranav does!
Aug 01, 2021
My Best Friend, My Wedding and Other Breakup Stories
Can BFF's getting coupled up throw your dosti into crisis?
Aug 23, 2021
I Have Erotic Friendships And It's Not Complicated
Aditya writes to reveal new definitions of friendship - and sex!
Aug 09, 2021
My Mother’s Lost Friendships
How can marriage and family expectations slowly bleach friendship out of a woman's life?
Aug 15, 2021
You Are My Di!
What keeps an intense friendship alive in a world that defines love & friendship separately?
Aug 04, 2021
The History of Friendship is A History of the World - Bole Toh? An AOI Chhotu Essay!
Aug 02, 2021
What Does Science Say About Friendship?
Aug 13, 2021
How Vulnerability Can Fill Our Lives with Love!
#PyaariVulnerability
Jul 28, 2021
Zara Sa Ghoom Loon Main! A Map of Words for Sauntering
Jun 19, 2021
Of Simps, Sluts and Societal Pressure - My Time in a 'Boys Club'
Nayana talks about conditioning, internalized misogyny and self-hate through her experiences in a “boys club” in school.
Jun 04, 2021
Platonic Pyaar in the Time of Corona
Mar 23, 2021
How the Internet Changed the Way We Make Friends
What does it mean to form bonds in the world of digital connections?
Jan 18, 2021
Kahin pe Nishana, Kahin Pe Nigahein
A party, flirtation, class, and a romantic twist.
Nov 29, 2020
A Prostitute and A Saviour: A Diary
A trans-person's journey through sex-work and back
Nov 17, 2020
Maybe Fighting with a Friend isn't Such a Bad Thing
Why do we find it so easy to let friendship fade away?
Jun 20, 2019
Do You Have A Chosen Family? A Few Agents Tell Us About Their Family Like Bonds
We asked you about your closest rishtas and here's love you expressed!
Feb 22, 2019
Muh Bole Rishte - 6 People Describe Their Chosen Families
Society might say “Only family is forever”, but here are stories of 6 people forming their closest bonds, beyond blood.
Feb 20, 2019
Mard, Mann Aur Jealousy: 5 Men Talk about Dealing With Unusual Jealousies
Unusual jealousies men experience and how it affects the way they look at themselves as sexual beings.
Nov 16, 2017
Dosti is Pyaar: Being Lost and Finding Friends
If pyaar is dosti, it took me a while to understand that that dosti is also pyaar, but more forgiving.
Aug 04, 2017
I LEARNT HOW TO EXPRESS AFFECTION AND LOVE IN FRIENDSHIP THE HARD WAY
Sometimes I think that friendship and hugging are oddly co-related. Both exist in a place of love which is somewhere between sexual love and cordial acquaintance.
Aug 06, 2017
PAMMI AUNTY: AGENT OF ISHQ
Aug 16, 2016
We're Not Serious and Other Non-Promises
"What is sex sex I want to scream? Is what we’ve been having un-sex sex? Is one superior to the other? Is this one inferior to that one?" Alia questions the boundaries between love, lust, sex and long-term relationships.
Mar 01, 2016
The Reluctant Voyeur
Your best friend and her boy friend get it on in front you. Should you be made a voyeur without your consent? Young Andrea's podcast about an awkward night.
Mar 13, 2016
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh
A boy longs to touch his girlfriend and is intoxicated by that longing. Listen to Satya's podcast about the girl whom he can't stop thinking of, the eroticism of her every move and the fantasy of the moment when they'll finally touch.
Feb 18, 2016
Park Mein PDA
AK's friend asks to meet him at the sea side garden, and he has no idea why. His friend shows up in a red t-shirt, jeans and coloured contact lenses. Something about him feels different. Something different happens. Listen to AK's story of what makes his heart beat, his knees go weak and turns him into a poet.
Jul 28, 2016
Friendzone Lovezone
Is he my boyfriend if he has another girlfriend? Is it better to be friends if his family won't be cool about us? Can I be friends with a boy I secretly love? Can I pretend to be friends for some time and then tell him one day I love him? Lubna's friendzone lovezone story about love.
Feb 10, 2016
I Have Erotic Friendships And It’s Not Complicated
Aug 09, 2021
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