Aug '19
Comfort of echoes in a chamber
By Sayan Bhattacharya
Sayan Bhattacharya points at the inefficacy of queer activisms in India in the face of larger socio-political challenges
Tagged Under: Intersectionality
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Jul '19Queer as six
By Pawan Dhall, Anupam Hazra
Here’s some unsolicited advice on queering it up as Varta webzine turns six!
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Jul '19Of reflexivity and remembrance: 20 years of pride
By Diksha Sanyal, Namrata Mukherjee
Diksha Sanyal and Namrata Mukherjee on the 20th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’ What does an anniversary celebration of a pride walk mean for queer communities who have till recently...
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May '19CPI(M)’s disability outreach through print, sound and sign language sets a precedent
By Rith Das
VCR Diary, Happenings, May '19 Rith Das reports (with inputs from Pawan Dhall) on CPI(M)’s recent disability rights meeting Kolkata, May 5, 2019: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today organized...
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Apr '19Queer turn to stand up and be counted
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall wants the ‘queer rainbow’ to resist the saffron t(a)int! Five years ago, the editorial for the April 2014 issue of Varta focussed, in part, on the 16th Lok Sabha elections....
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Apr '19Women’s clarion call on Kolkata streets against hatred and violence
By Rith Das
Rith Das captures moments from the ‘Kolkata Women’s March’ on April 4, 2019
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Dec '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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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 '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...
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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 –...