Time for some deep cleansing?
By Pawan Dhall
We must be the change we want to see. Are we missing out on the first step?
By Pawan Dhall
We must be the change we want to see. Are we missing out on the first step?
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall wants the ‘queer rainbow’ to resist the saffron t(a)int!
By Pawan Dhall
Sisters (1994-95) was one of the first queer activisms in Chennai, remembers Pawan Dhall
By Pawan Dhall
Some ruminations as 2019 takes off from where 2018 never stopped . . .
By Pawan Dhall
Post-Section 377 verdict, where’s the impatience to demand more rights, asks Pawan Dhall
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta stayed away from 'pandal' hopping but had a room with a view this Durga Puja
By Pawan Dhall
High fives and hugs yes, but the Section 377 verdict is by no means about closures!
By Pawan Dhall
'Varta' appeals to its readers to contribute as much as they can - every bit counts!
By Pawan Dhall
It’s a momentous occasion for 'Varta' to turn five and also government’s silly season on queer issues
By Pawan Dhall
Varta’s online locator for queer friendly health and legal aid service providers is formally launched!
By Pawan Dhall
The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!
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
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...
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...