Project Kathan
This is a foundation project implemented by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) under the Arts Practice programme, made possible with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment Fund.
Logo design: Krishna.K.Prabhakaran
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A, Delhi (Phone conversation, November 2024) I worked in film, so we had to travel long distances for the shoots. That involved trekking up to the mountains and hills in Uttarakhand. There were, of course, no public toilets. You’d think it’s easier out there in the bushes, but it’s really risky.. There were poisonous bushes…
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Ashlin Sara Paul (b.1998), Kerala Ashlin (they/she) is a creative practitioner and researcher working with graphic novels, comics, and cut-up texts. Their work is rooted in shared experiences of queer and neurodivergent people, creating collaborative spaces for self-expression while exploring the book form as a space for dissent.Ashlin completed their MFA in History of Art…
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B, Kerala Conversation through Instagram (voice notes), January 13, 2025 Coming from a very conservative family, whenever I used to express my health issues, probably having late period, or like when I used to have a lot of pain in my period cramps, my parents always used to say that you are a girl and…
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Fiwa, Kerala Conversation through Instagram texts, November 16, 2024 I do landscaping business- literally, most sites I go to have men as workers. There is barely a washroom built in every site as the men have the facilities & practice of doing it in the bushes. There have been days I had to hold for…
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Aiswarya, Kerala Conversation through Instagram, January 31, 2025 I remember this incident when a group of us were travelling overnight on a bus. we stopped at a petrol pump for a bathroom break. The condition of the bathroom was terrible, with not even a proper door or cover. As it was around 12 or 1…
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Adithi, Kannur Conversation through Voice notes (WhatsApp), February 2, 2025 This was when I was studying in undergrad, I was studying in University of Karnataka Gulburga. And in case you don’t know, Gulbarga is in the Hyderabad, Karnataka region. So, it’s in a very northern part of Karnataka. And my option of travelling was to…
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G (Name changed), Kolkata Personal conversation and written document, January 2025 I am a transgender masculine person. However I don’t look masculine enough which makes mefeel unsafe to go to the men’s bathroom. At the same time, going to a women’s bathroom makesme uncomfortable. I prefer going to washrooms when no one’s there. I wish…
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Thrisha, USA Conversations through Instagram, and a written document by Thrisha, January 14, 2025 Currently an 18 year old, I contemplate everyday on how my health issues were diagnosed much later than they were supposed to be, as well as how the healthcare system should have treated me through my teenage years thus far. As…
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Amy, West Bengal Conversation through Instagram texts, December 4, 2024 This is my story of resorting to my FUD (lovingly referred to as my plastic penis). An overnight bus from Siliguri to Kolkata refused to stop for me to use the washroom. They had made multiple stops where men could line up along the side…
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L (name changed) Conversation through Instagram messages, November 16, 2024 I am a film student, and our class had a mandatory film festival as a part of our course structure. So, we went to attend IFFI in Goa! It was a fun trip, it was quite late at night and all of us classmates we…
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