Tagged Under: Human Rights

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  Vartanama Apr '23

  All this marriage (equality) talk!

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall has something to say to argumentative Indians who’ve been bickering over who can have the marriage laddu and who can have only the laddu

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  Insight, Policy Matters Apr '23

  Marriage equality – petitions, pushback and politics

  By Namrata, Shreyashi

  Namrata and Shreyashi trace the developments in the marriage equality litigation and bring to light issues and claims from queer activists that go beyond marriage equality

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  Poetry Feb '23

  The polar caps

  By Rajib Chakrabarti

  Rajib Chakrabarti is cautiously hopeful about our planet’s future

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  Vartanama Jan '23

  Decriminalized but not destigmatized

  By Pawan Dhall

  The central government’s discomfort about queerness in the judiciary throws up many more uncomfortable questions

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  Commentary, Insight Jan '23

  Being queer – the key or the cage?

  By Tanya Kole, Kaushik Gupta

  Tanya Kole elaborates on the ‘queer conundrum’ as it relates to day-to-day life

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  Happenings, Policy Matters Jan '23

  Judicial fillip to transgender rights once again

  By Pawan Dhall

  Calcutta High Court has given the Government of West Bengal a month to clear the long-pending backlog on transgender identity certification in the state

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  Clickhappy! Dec '22

  Kolkata pride walk through the eyes of a first-timer

  By Swati Das

  Swati Das shares her excitement of walking in a queer pride march for the very first time

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  Insight, Vartanama Oct '22

  Trans identities lost in a bureaucratic haze

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Why does West Bengal have such a poor rate of transgender identity certification? Debjyoti Ghosh raises pertinent questions

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  Insight, Policy Matters Sep '22

  Challenges in meeting queer community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic

  By Susanta Pramanik, Jia Mata, Pawan Dhall

  Excerpts from an analysis of the role played by community based organizations in working with queer people in India during the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges faced by the organizations

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  Vartanama Aug '22

  On violence, trauma, justice and healing

  By Pawan Dhall

  What could it be like to burn in hell – for the collective conscience of an entire society?

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  Happenings, Insight Aug '22

  Words and art from the heart

  By Swati Das

  A round-up of events organized to mark 100 monthly issues of ‘Varta’ webzine by Swati Das

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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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  Insight Jun '22

  Anti-trafficking Bill must be reconsidered (again)

  By Namrata, Shreyashi

  Namrata and Shreyashi on the problem areas in the latest version of the anti-trafficking Bill – with inputs from Archit Krishna and Kaushik Gupta

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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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  Insight, People Mar '22

  Disability, representation and pride

  By Eishita

  Karthik, a Bangalore-based software developer, opens up to Eishita on disability, sexuality and queer pride

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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