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Sakhi Thirani

Sakhi Thirani

Sakhi Thirani (she/her) is a writer based in India who has written for platforms such as Common Sense Media, Autostraddle, Certified Forgotten, Offscreen. She has pursued a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi. Art, cinema, and literature have always been of interest to her.

An illustration from the cover of Amrita Pritam's Pinjar

Caught in Partition’s Violent Fray

Published seventy-five year ago, Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar explores the devastation suffered by the women of India and Pakistan after political rupture.
Ismat Chughtai

Ismat Chughtai’s Quilt and Queer Desire

Long before India decriminalized homosexuality—in September 2018—the short story "Lihaaf" sparked outrage and a lawsuit for its depiction of same-sex, intergenerational intimacy.
A promotional image for Yellowjackets

Girls Gone Greek

The most influential character on Showtime’s Yellowjackets is the one who goes unnamed: Dionysus.