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  Insight, Vartanama Jun '26

  Repetition with a difference / A what if origin story

  By Sayan Bhattacharya

  Can we reimagine the annual celebrations of queer pride beyond sexual stigma and instead draw inspiration from the history of anti-caste movements, asks Sayan Bhattacharya

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  My Story Jun '26

  My body, my canvas

  By Sangeetha Elsa

  Her body is Sangeetha Elsa’s canvas for silent answers, rebellion, expressions of love and more. Trigger warning – mentions of self-harm

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  Insight, Vartanama May '26

  Women and the State: Welfare, safety and everyday life in Bengal

  By Indrani Chatterjee, Nivedita Biswas

  What do women in West Bengal want in terms of social security – highlights from a study conducted just before the recent Legislative Assembly elections

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  Travel Travel May '26

  First times, uncertainty and learning to fail

  By Taykut Tiryaki

  Taykut Tiryaki reflects on his first journey to India, challenges encountered during his first anthropological fieldwork, and an unexpected tryst with queer Kolkata

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  Vartanama Apr '26

  What are rights without the right to self-identify one’s gender?

  By Sudhasri Yadavalli

  Sudhasri Yadavalli analyses the systemic harms likely to result from the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026

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  Advice - Disability, Insight Apr '26

  Where there’s a will, there’s a champion!

  By Shubhra Sinha

  ‘FebRAREuary2026’ was a month-long campaign on spreading awareness about rare diseases organized by World Without GNE Myopathy, Delhi. Shubhra Sinha shares her story written for the campaign