Qatha: On the uses of ‘sil-batta’ to make you straight & more queer tales (part 4)
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
Vartanama Sep '18About constitutional love and great expectations
By Pawan Dhall
High fives and hugs yes, but the Section 377 verdict is by no means about closures!
Vartanama Aug '18Lending a helping hand
By Pawan Dhall
'Varta' appeals to its readers to contribute as much as they can - every bit counts!
Qatha: On the uses of ‘sil-batta’ to make you straight & more queer tales (part 3)
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
Vartanama Jul '18Birthday fervour?
By Pawan Dhall
It’s a momentous occasion for 'Varta' to turn five and also government’s silly season on queer issues
Qatha: On the uses of ‘sil-batta’ to make you straight & more queer tales (part 2)
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
Vartanama Jun '18For your well-being!
By Pawan Dhall
Varta’s online locator for queer friendly health and legal aid service providers is formally launched!
Insight Jun '18Queer and Bengali on YouTube
By Pawan Dhall
Anurag Maitrayee tells Pawan Dhall about 'LGBT Online', YouTube’s first Bengali talk show from India on queer issues
Qatha: On the uses of ‘sil-batta’ to make you straight & more queer tales (part 1)
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
Vartanama May '18Cinema of questioning the world order
By Pawan Dhall
The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!
Vartanama Apr '18When will the tide turn?
By Pawan Dhall
Both photographs in this article were clicked during an event organized on April 18, 2018 by Maitree, a pioneering women’s rights network in West Bengal
Vartanama Mar '18Little women versus patriarchy – and the winner is . . .
By Pawan Dhall
Morning newspapers are all about marvelling with horror at the survival challenges we as a deeply unequal society throw at our girls and women. And then I marvel some more...
Vartanama Feb '18Of death wish lists
By Pawan Dhall
Death doesn’t have to be something morbid. Especially if one considers what Rabindranath Tagore said about death being ‘completion’ and not the ‘end’ of life (or so I remember from...
Insight Jan '18Blogging for economic inclusion – by and for queer people
By Pawan Dhall, Boicha Huidrom
Pawan Dhall and Boicha Huidrom on 'Rainbow Manipur | Inclusive Manipur', an online documentation initiative to advocate for economic inclusion of gender and sexual minorities from grassroots to policy levels
Vartanama Dec '17Toilets: Inclusive, safe and universally designed
By Pawan Dhall
To pee or not to pee – in a public toilet! Till this day any decision in this regard has sometimes to be taken even before I have left home.
My Story Dec '17Do you have a ‘queerstory’ to tell?
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall on a story writing venture that will record the impact of eastern India’s queer movements in the 1990s on people’s lives