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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  • “I’m too scared to go to a doctor, to be honest” – Weightphobia, queerphobia, body hair, and more.

    Skye, Kochi Conversation by voice notes, November 26, 2024 I have PCOS. I did have it. And in my last check-up, they were like, you’re not showing PCOS anymore. But I did have it. Going to the gynecologist’s has always been a task, because as a “fat person”, you can feel the prejudice from a…

  • Abortion as an Unmarried Person

    C (name changed) Conversation through WhatsApp messages, January 16th, 2025 Had an abortion a while ago. The gynaec put in clear words on the primary report “unmarried”. Which meant extra money for the entire thing. Okay. So, I don’t think the behaviour was too odd or anything. Since, this place is full of students. I…

  • School washrooms that are in “outer space” :0

    Skye, Kochi Conversations through voice texts, November 26, 2024 There’s a college trip coming up and my primary concern is how am I going to pee? I try not to go to toilet when I’m traveling. It’s a big deal for me. And I don’t like public toilets at all. I think in childhood itself…

  • The desert

    Kin, Uttar Pradesh Conversation through voice messages, December 2024 Three years ago, I was travelling in Egypt. I was travelling from Cairo to Hurghada and this was during COVID. In Egypt, the COVID wasn’t as bad as India but it was still scary. It was us a bunch of us interns, and sadly, the binary…

  • For a trans masculine person, an ovarian cyst was a nightmare come true.

    S (name changed), Kolkata Conversation through Whatsapp messages and written form, 26th November 2024 I recently had surgery. It was a gynecological surgery. I had a cyst (which is like a tumor nearone of my ovaries) which needed immediate removal. As a trans masculine person, it was like anightmare come true. I have always avoided…

  • experiences with public toilets

  • “I am still nervous to go to Gynecologists”

    Amrita, Hyderabad Conversation through Instagram messages, November 19, 2024 in June 2022, I relocated to Bangalore for my job and was completely new to the city and was very overwhelmed and lonely there. To cope, I used to binge/stress eat a lot and basically sort of isolated myself a bit, would rarely go out. All…

  • The Bus journey

    Anju (name changed), Bangalore. Conversation on November 16, 2024, through Instagram messages A few years back, I took a bus from Bangalore to Kerala! It was my first time travelling by a long journey bus, and unfortunately, I also had a UTI! And I couldn’t have postponed the trip so I had to get on…