Homecoming during a pandemic
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall shares life-changing moments from the COVID-19 pandemic. Trigger warning // Hospital descriptions, death
Tagged Under: Vartanama
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Apr '21Against gratitude
By Sayan Bhattacharya
Sayan Bhattacharya questions the normalization of inequity all around us – something we must not give up on if humanity has to continue breathing
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Mar '21‘Bengal Trans* & Queer Charter of Demands’ released
By Chand
West Bengal’s trans* and queer communities are formulating a policy and political participation advocacy plan. Chand takes us through the first step taken recently
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Feb '21The gender of education, inclusion and exclusion
By Pawan Dhall, Shivalal Gautam, Sudipa Chakraborty
Pawan Dhall has some random thoughts on education, gender bias and socio-economic exclusion – with inputs from Shivalal Gautam and Sudipa Chakraborty. Trigger alert: Suicide
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Jan '21Childhood ‘mudir dokan’ revisited
By Pawan Dhall
Yester-year stores for purchasing foodstuff and monthly provisions are making a comeback in the author’s retail therapy agenda
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Dec '20Theme for a dream in 2021
By Debjyoti Ghosh
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown new light on food (in)security for transgender persons, says Debjyoti Ghosh
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Nov '20From ‘being criminal and doing social work’ to ‘doing social work and becoming criminal’
By Pawan Dhall
This headline may seem perplexing. So is the central government’s plan to improve the quality of professional social work in India
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Oct '20Durga Puja in the archives
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall looks at Durga Puja nuggets in the Counsel Club Archives and his personal photo albums
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Sep '20Nostalgic transference
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall on trips to parallel universes through archives and remembrances around them
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Aug '20History lessons in growth pains
By Pawan Dhall
As 'Varta' webzine starts off on its eighth year, a look at what its predecessor 'Pravartak' was focusing on around the same time of the year in 1997
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Jul '20Turning seven in a world turned upside down?
By Pawan Dhall
There couldn’t have been a better time for ‘Varta’ webzine to complete seven years
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May '20When consumers of news wield the pen (or a smart phone)
By Pawan Dhall
Varta’s citizen journalism initiative – a tool for skills building, citizen action and resources generation to deal with the coronavirus challenge
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Apr '20It’s my life, not for yours to imagine
By Shivalal Gautam
Shivalal Gautam wants queer activists and groups in mainland as well as North-East India to be honest to the purpose of community development work in north-eastern India
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Mar '20Coronavirus outreach news from ‘Varta’
By Pawan Dhall
An audio roundup of how queer individuals, support groups and their allies are helping people face survival challenges thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic in India
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Feb '20Bioscope of your intimate dreams and public protests!
By Pawan Dhall, Vahista Dastoor
The Varta website has transitioned again – amid many contentious social transitions!