IKIGAI: A JAPANESE CONCEPT OF BALANCE

The Japanese concept of “Ikigai,” is a compound of the two words ‘Iki,’ (meaning life) and ‘Kai,’ (meaning an effect/result/worth/benefit), arriving at the concept of “A reason for living,” or “A meaning for life.” (Watanabe, Skrzypczak and Snowden, 2003). It comprises of a psychological and conscious understanding of what aides the motivation for living (SoneContinueContinue reading “IKIGAI: A JAPANESE CONCEPT OF BALANCE”

PRESENTATION AT THE SOUTH ASIAN LGBT CONFERENCE 2018

  Here you will find the powerpoint presentation and the accompanying transcript presented at the 2018 Finding A Voice & South Asian LGBT conference in Birmingham. The presentation was concerned with the research being conducted as part of my doctoral thesis; (1) Historical perspectives of Bisexuality, (2) Bisexuality in South Asia (3) Preliminary themes emerging from my research and (4)ContinueContinue reading “PRESENTATION AT THE SOUTH ASIAN LGBT CONFERENCE 2018”