Tagged Under: Vartanama

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  Creations, Vartanama Jul '22

  Varta’s art workshop was fun and thought-provoking

  By Pawan Dhall

  Highlights from an art workshop organized to celebrate 100 monthly issues of 'Varta' webzine

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  Vartanama Jun '22

  Of life and many loves

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh elaborates on a webinar he moderated on polyamory on June 17, 2022 – with inputs from Arkadeepra Purkayastha

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  Vartanama May '22

  No pride without sex workers

  By Namrata

  Namrata reminds us to take our blinkers off for pride month observations

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  Vartanama Apr '22

  A hundred it is

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall is happy-tired on the occasion, and invites you to share your feelings and thoughts

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  Poetry, Vartanama Mar '22

  Verse magic on and off paper

  By Rajib Chakrabarti, Pawan Dhall

  Rajib Chakrabarti’s poetry mingled with summer colours helps Pawan Dhall make the most of his day

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  Travel Travel, Vartanama Feb '22

  Movements that move you

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall was on the move in Karnataka (and Andhra Pradesh) taking in the sights and foods, both rustic and urban

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  Thought for Food, Vartanama Jan '22

  Ache – bake – cake

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares a sad-happy bake story and plans for a new rising in 2022

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  Vartanama Dec '21

  Hope . . . and doubt . . . spring eternal

  By Pawan Dhall

  A year-end piece on pain and rejuvenation, hope and uncertainty by Pawan Dhall

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Nov '21

  Trans inclusion in schools: A step forward and several backwards

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh on the politics around withdrawing the draft NCERT manual on transgender children’s inclusion in schools

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  Vartanama Oct '21

  Mistreatment of people living with HIV still happens in government facilities

  By Pawan Dhall

  Universal healthcare access in India – can this dream become a reality without ensuring patient dignity?

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Sep '21

  Skills, jobs and freedoms

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reflects on the learning so far from Varta’s fledgling economic inclusion mentoring forum

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  From the Archives, Vartanama Aug '21

  Letters as building blocks of India’s queer movements

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall presents nuggets of queer histories from the erstwhile Counsel Club’s archival material

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  Clickhappy!, Vartanama Jul '21

  All things eight

  By Pawan Dhall

  Snapshots of eights around us, as ‘Varta’ webzine completes eight years on August 1, 2021

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  Vartanama Jun '21

  Mentoring the queer case for economic inclusion

  By Varta Economic Inclusion Mentoring Forum

  Varta’s economic inclusion mentoring forum for queer communities takes off

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  Insight, Vartanama May '21

  Homecoming during a pandemic

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares life-changing moments from the COVID-19 pandemic. Trigger warning // Hospital descriptions, death

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  Vartanama Apr '21

  Against 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