For that balancing act on stage and in life
By Subhamita Maitra
Subhamita Maitra on the power of dance to rejuvenate body and mind
Tagged Under: Gender Justice
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Nov '18What’s with the pacific calm?
By Pawan Dhall
Post-Section 377 verdict, where’s the impatience to demand more rights, asks Pawan Dhall
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Nov '18Will the Section 377 verdict live up to its full potential?
By Brindaalakshmi K.
Brindaalakshmi K. on what the Section 377 verdict means to people assigned gender female at birth
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Oct '18Far away from the madding crowds?
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta stayed away from 'pandal' hopping but had a room with a view this Durga Puja
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Sep '18About constitutional love and great expectations
By Pawan Dhall
High fives and hugs yes, but the Section 377 verdict is by no means about closures!
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Sep '18When the Constitution came out in flaming rainbow colours!
By Debjyoti Ghosh
Debjyoti Ghosh on Section 377 finally being read out of queer lives in India
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Sep '18Queer communities celebrate Supreme Court verdict on Section 377
By Queer individuals and groups in India
The apex court takes a huge first step towards ensuring social justice for queer people in India
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Aug '18Symposium on queering mental health
By Jia Mata
Jia Mata was at 'Varta’s' 5th birthday event focussed on queer perspectives on mental health
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Jul '18Trans inclusive public sanitation in Manipur needs a bigger push
By Bonita Pebam
Bonita Pebam on where the transgender inclusive public sanitation efforts have reached in Manipur
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Jun '18Queer and Bengali on YouTube
By Pawan Dhall
Anurag Maitrayee tells Pawan Dhall about LGBT Online, YouTube’s first Bengali talk show from India on queer issues The online world now has a new forum for queer conversations in Bengali....
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Jun '18Systemic (trans)gender injustice yet again!
By Santa Khurai
Santa Khurai narrates medical doctor Beyonce’s struggles around her transgender identity My name is Boboi Laishram but my other people know me as Beyonce, which is my preferred name. I’m...
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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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May '18To school, with fear . . . of confessions!
By Jia Mata, Sudha Jha, Nikita Kabra
Jia Mata, Nikita Kabra and Sudha Jha report on the recent homophobic violation of child rights in the Kamala Girls' High School incident involving the school's headmistress and the West...
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May '18Transgender assertion and joy through Thabal Chongba in Manipur
By Bonita Pebam
For transgender women in Manipur, Thabal Chongba, a popular folk dance associated with the Yaosang or Holi festival, provides a welcome respite from a stigmatized existence. Bonita Pebam reports on...
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May '18Wrong arm of the law!
By Oinam Hemabati
Oinam Hemabati reports on a recent ordeal with the police in Manipur when he was falsely accused of helping a trans man abduct his lesbian partner from her home. And...
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May '18Happiness is political (so is hugging)
By Prosenjit Pal, Nikita Kabra
Merrymaking and cheer apart, ‘public hugs’ were an integral part of the ‘Kolkata Rainbow Carnival 2018’ held earlier this year. Prosenjit Pal went click happy, while Nikita Kabra captured sound...