isnt permanentlavani with a message the amorous adventures of shakku and megha in the valley of consent is a playful music video that succinctly explains consent and doesnt shy away from showing women as people with sexual desiresthe nonprofit also uses shah rukh khan movies to differentiate between cool behaviour and ajeeb behaviourfor instance the srk character in dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge would be used to show the gentle empathetic way to behave while his stalker character in a movie like darr or his alter ego in fan would show them how not to behavethe yp foundation a nonprofit that works on sexual and reproductive rights in delhi up bihar and rajasthan uses role play and games to explain consent to young kids a child is asked to sit in a chair and the other children have to convince him or her to get off their chair without any physical intervention esther moraes communications manager at the yp foundation says this leads to a discussion about what the persons consent means in that moment and how the young people would want someone to convince themshe adds with an older group we have facilitators role playing a situation relating to consent like asking a girl out through a text message and her not being sure then we switch our facilitator from that role play with someone from the group they now have to figure out how to best maneuver this situation in real timestorytelling is handy tool for ameen haque founder of storywallahs to explain tricky concepts at sex ed workshops the moment you say now that you have turned 13 so we are having this conversation it makes kids uncomfortable but in a story were not talking about them were talking about rahul and aishwarya says haque he goes on to tell the story of aishwarya a star basketball player who becomes friends with rahul misinterpreting their friendship rahul posts on facebook that theyre in a relationship the story is chockfull of logkyakahenge drama and relatable teenage angst what we do is stop the story at the moment of conflict and then open up the conversation about what aishwarya should do next and why rahul did what he did now instead of a boring lecture it becomes a twoway conversation where you can actually understand how these kids think and feel he saysvohra believes that a creative approach to teaching and talking about consent is part of the solution to the impasse we seem to have found ourselves in as a country she says we need everything that is happening right now with the metoo movement in our discussions about consent but we also need things that are restorative that help others and shows them the way forward literature culture and art have the power to do thattois policy on covering metoo