By Shivalal Gautam
In this second paired narrative of queer lives during the lockdown in Assam, Shivalal Gautam tells us how two queer women negotiated multiple trials and reached a better place in...
By Sudipa Chakraborty
Sudipa Chakraborty narrates the story of a gigolo in Kolkata – before and during the coronavirus lockdown
By Pradosh Dash
Pradosh Dash chats with political science student Sanjit Mondal who survived a recent queerphobic attack by the Bidhannagar City Police and turned adversity into opportunity
By Shivalal Gautam
In the first of paired narratives of queer lives during the lockdown in Assam, Shivalal Gautam brings you the stories of two queer men
By Pawan Dhall, Vaaswat Sarkar
A rambling conversation with Islampur-based trans rights activist Joyita Mondal who not long ago had to change houses under threats of violence, but emerged stronger from the ordeal
By Pawan Dhall, Vaaswat Sarkar
A rambling conversation with Islampur-based trans rights activist Joyita Mondal who not long ago had to change houses under threats of violence, but emerged stronger from the ordeal
By Pawan Dhall, Vaaswat Sarkar
A rambling conversation with Islampur-based trans rights activist Joyita Mondal who not long ago had to change houses under threats of violence, but emerged stronger from the ordeal
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’
By Santa Khurai
Santa Khurai narrates medical doctor Beyonce’s struggles around her transgender identity
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...
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...
By Pawan Dhall
Varta brings you the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’, an initiative to document five decades of queer lives in Kolkata (1960-2000). Our aim in this project is to go back in...
By Pawan Dhall
Varta brings you the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’, an initiative to document five decades of queer lives in Kolkata (1960-2000). Our aim in this project is to go back in...