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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Sep '21

  Skills, jobs and freedoms

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reflects on the learning so far from Varta’s fledgling economic inclusion mentoring forum

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  Insight, My Story Sep '21

  Getting to know the asexuality spectrum

  By Meghna Mehra

  Meghna Mehra talks about issues around asexuality through her personal account of coming out as asexual

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  From the Archives, Vartanama Aug '21

  Letters as building blocks of India’s queer movements

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall presents nuggets of queer histories from the erstwhile Counsel Club’s archival material

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  Insight Aug '21

  In the matter of queer relationships – court approval vs. social disapproval

  By Diksha Sanyal

  What is life like for Indian queer couples who win court approval of their right to cohabit? An analysis by Diksha Sanyal with inputs from Pawan Dhall

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  Clickhappy!, Vartanama Jul '21

  All things eight

  By Pawan Dhall

  Snapshots of eights around us, as ‘Varta’ webzine completes eight years on August 1, 2021

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  Cinemascope Jul '21

  On being queer and Sikh in India

  By Shivalal Gautam

  ‘Sab Rab De Bande’ is an impressive debut film on a sensitive subject by queer activist Sukhdeep Singh, says Shivalal Gautam