Written by- Asher Kaul The Vitruvian Man One of the first and most widely accepted variants of the ideal body type was by Leonardo da Vinci, in the form of the Vitruvian Man. This concept had been around for a long time, but his take on it was quite unique. This rendering of the Vitruvian […]
Written by Aadya Gupta The first thing that comes to mind when we think about one-night stands would probably be something like this: Cue some movie montage of a twenty-something girl, in a short sparkly dress waking up in someone else’s bed. She looks to the side to see who she slept with last night, […]
‘Condom‘ sounds familiar right? Anyone who knows about sex would probably know about these thin rubber slips as well, its easy availability and low cost. Thanks to the exaggerated print and tv commercials, the condom is recognized more than any other contraceptive method out there. Condoms not only prevent pregnancies but also are the only […]
In the previous blog, we covered pre-planned oral contraception pills aka Plan A. But what do you do when things don’t turn out the way you had planned? You resort to Plan B! When it comes to contraceptives, this plan B is known as emergency contraceptive pill or morning after pill. Accidents happen, and the […]
All of us have experienced peer pressure in our lives. Remember the time we begged our parents for the trendiest phone that the other kids had? Or wanted that little black dress worn by our bestie. Well, dating for some is no different either. You might not even realise but you don’t just date someone […]
From March 5-7, Pratisandhi participated at the Queer fest hosted by the Queer Collective of Ambedkar University, Kashmere Gate, New Delhi. The fest sprang from the collective belief in the carnivalesque form of building solidarities. It considers queerness as any process that challenges the normative, the dominant, the majority. The fest contextualizes the present and […]
To be a woman is to be unapologetically resilient despite everything! On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Pratisandhi presents to you An Online Photography Competition! The global theme for this year is #Balanceforbetter. Here is all you need to know to participate! 1. The themes for the competition are: • Intimacy • Feminism: The […]
On 15th December 2018, Team Pratsandhi in collaborated with Novy Nest, a preschool in Noida, to undertake a workshop on “Safe and Unsafe touch”. The workshop covered a wide array of subjects ranging from personal space to understanding body parts. Students between the ages of four and six years understood not just on how to identify […]
On account of National Girl Child Day, Pratisandhi in collaboration with Deepalya NGO, facilitated a workshop on Menstruation and Puberty in Kakrola, Dwarka with seventy girls between the ages of 14-20 years. The workshop kickstarted with an activity to understand the various phases of life faced by an individual and how their body responds to […]
On the 26th and 31st of December 2018, Pratisandhi Hyderabad took to the slums of Miyapur and the Chenchu tribes of Srisailam for the first and second halves of their donation drive. In both the areas, the young and the old are struggling to lead hygienic lives. Our team interacted with residents about hygiene and […]
