Paromita Vohra / Why Ishq Matters: The Radical Possibilities of Love

Vohra will talk about her engagements with love as a prismatic idea for talking about politics and feminism, and about why art is so important when talking about the worlds of desire, gender and change. She will show clips from a couple of her films and spend some time talking about Agent of Ishq, a project that seeks to create a new language and inclusive conversation about love, sex and desire in India.

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