Insight Aug '17
Dazzled, and hopeful – the notion of privacy for all Indians
By Vivek Divan
Vivek Divan on the commitment and flourish shown by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in rescuing the right to privacy from oblivion
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Insight, Policy Matters Jul '17On sex work – questions, answers, more questions
By Pompi Banerjee, Siddhartha Sankar
Sex work or prostitution – what’s the difference? Decriminalization or legalization of sex work – same thing, right? Human trafficking and sex work (or prostitution) – is it at all...
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Insight, Policy Matters Jun '17Sex talk for people with psychosocial disabilities
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta, founder of Sruti Disability Rights Centre, argues that the sexual needs of persons with psychosocial disabilities must be addressed, and that there can be no one-size-fits-all approach to...
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Voice of reason with Kolkata connect in UK polls
By Pawan Dhall
Comparative literature studies to researching and teaching gender, sexuality and digital media; Kolkata to London; and now a step into the UK general elections arena on a Labour Party ticket...
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Insight, Policy Matters Apr '17New mental health law: Act of dignity?
By Pallav Bonerjee
Pallav Bonerjee assesses India’s brand new mental health legislation, the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. The spring of 2017 brought along with it much needed relief and cause for celebration for...
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Insight, Policy Matters Mar '17Act up call for hospitals on trans health rights
By Diksha Sanyal, Shubhrajit Roy
Diksha Sanyal makes a strong case for judicial intervention to ensure health facilities honour apex court verdict on transgender rights An occurrence in the Chinsurah District Hospital in West Bengal on January...
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Visual ode to redefining sporting abilities
By Suchandra Ganguly
Suchandra Ganguly on the story behind Verve – Where the Mind is without Fear, a table calendar for 2017 to express solidarity with para-athletes in Bengal What does the word...
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Insight Jan '17Reflections of a person living with a rare disease
By Shilpi Bhattacharya
Shilpi Bhattacharya is a person living with GNE myopathy and wants to raise a voice to spread awareness about it and demand treatment research Someone told me it’s like coming...
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Court battles for ground level transformation
By Pawan Dhall
A conversation with primary school teacher Atri Kar who recently succeeded in getting the West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) to include ‘transgender’ as a gender option in its application...
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Disability - Advice, Insight Nov '16Need for speed on disability rights law
By Shampa Sengupta
'Bring Back RPD Bill' will be the rallying cry on Delhi streets this December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Shampa Sengupta wants government apathy towards the Rights...
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Insight, Policy Matters Oct '16Disorder to dysphoria – humanizing the trans citizen?
By Debjyoti Ghosh
Debjyoti Ghosh on the World Health Organisation’s plans to delist transgender identity as a mental disorder
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Insight Sep '16Activism cornerstones
By Mark Heywood, Kaushik Gupta
Irrespective of context, Mark Heywood’s article Activism and Civil Society: What it is and What it’s Not will serve as a good ‘refresher’ for activists of all hues.
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Insight Aug '16India’s abdication in UN queer vote
By Avinaba Dutta, Hari Chettri
The 70th Independence Day could have had new meaning for queer people in India, but for India’s abstention on a recent UNHRC resolution to protect the rights of queer people....