‘What do you tell people when they ask questions about why I’m not married at the age of 40?’ I recently asked my 78-year-old father, who lives...
My disability masks my queerness – and I prefer it this way
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Children’s literature in India has to do a better job of telling stories about disability
In this essay, author Payal Dhar examines the shortcomings in representation and inclusivity of disability in children's literature in India...
The stigma around suicide made my own experience of grief far more difficult
In this personal essay, Dr Nandini Murali examines the stigma and shame surrounding the experience of suicide loss, and how it complicates the...
Editorial: Mainstream media in India has a disability problem
Shreya Ila Anasuya writes about on the stereotypes created by mainstream news media by the biased and often insensitive reporting of disability...
A year in Skin Stories: 2018
2018 was a big year for Skin Stories.
Essentially Normal Studies: An artist’s attempt to express the invisible and unseen
Countless living through multiple poorly understood hidden illnesses and disabilities; chronic Lyme disease, CFS, endometriosis, lupus, Ehlers...
Can we ever have a conversation about desire without centering my disability?
I realised that even my closest friend felt the need to centre my disabilities in this kind of conversation. I wondered if there would ever be...
The field notes of a woman journalist who happens to live with disability
In a country where accessibility for people with disabilities is next to zero, and in a fast-paced job that demands mobility, it can definitely...
‘Fake it till you make it’: Surviving the terrifying loneliness of being a young person with an amputation
I couldn't let the people around me know of the emotional trauma I was going through, as I was afraid that I would attract more pity than I was...