Sep '18
About constitutional love and great expectations
By Pawan Dhall
High fives and hugs yes, but the Section 377 verdict is by no means about closures!
Tagged Under: Vartanama
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Aug '18Lending a helping hand
By Pawan Dhall
'Varta' appeals to its readers to contribute as much as they can - every bit counts!
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Jul '18Birthday fervour?
By Pawan Dhall
It’s a momentous occasion for Varta to turn five and also government’s silly season on queer issues So here we are, expectant again for better sense to prevail in the matter of...
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Jun '18For your well being!
By Pawan Dhall
Varta’s online locator for queer friendly health and legal aid service providers is formally launched!
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May '18Cinema of questioning the world order
By Pawan Dhall
The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema! Two very different settings across the breadth of the country, two films on rather different subjects (but I...
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Apr '18When will the tide turn?
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 The event was called ‘MyNameKeepsChanging –...
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Mar '18Little women versus patriarchy – and the winner is . . .
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...
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Feb '18Of death wish lists
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...
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Jan '18No Eden anywhere?
By Sayan Bhattacharya
When I was asked to write the Varta editorial for this month, I was in a fix. How does one write about yet another year ending and another beginning? Should I...
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Dec '17Toilets: Inclusive, safe and universally designed
By Pawan Dhall
To pee or not to pee – in a public toilet! Till this day any decision in this regard has sometimes to be taken even before I have left home....