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
By Tanya Kole, Kaushik Gupta
Tanya Kole elaborates on the ‘queer conundrum’ as it relates to day-to-day life
By Swati Das
Swati Das shares her excitement of walking in a queer pride march for the very first time
By Swati Das
A round-up of events organized to mark 100 monthly issues of ‘Varta’ webzine by Swati Das
By Namrata
Namrata reminds us to take our blinkers off for pride month observations
By Karthik Hebbar
Karthik Hebbar reviews 'Gay India Matrimony', a documentary film by Debalina, one of India’s most exciting queer filmmakers
By Chand
West Bengal’s trans* and queer communities are formulating a policy and political participation advocacy plan. Chand takes us through the first step taken recently
By Debjyoti Ghosh
Debjyoti Ghosh reviews Leonard Cortana’s short documentary 'Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die'
By Ishan Chakraborty
Ishan Chakraborty opens up about multiple distresses as a person with disabilities during the coronavirus lockdown but wishes not to be crowned a ‘hero’
By Sayan Bhattacharya
Sayan Bhattacharya points at the inefficacy of queer activisms in India in the face of larger socio-political challenges
By Pawan Dhall, Anupam Hazra
Here’s some unsolicited advice on queering it up as 'Varta' webzine turns six!
By Diksha Sanyal, Namrata
Diksha Sanyal and Namrata on the 20th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’
By Rith Das
Rith Das reports (with inputs from Pawan Dhall) on CPI(M)’s recent disability rights meeting
By Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall wants the ‘queer rainbow’ to resist the saffron t(a)int!
By Rith Das
Rith Das captures moments from the ‘Kolkata Women’s March’ on April 4, 2019
By Pawan Dhall
Post-Section 377 verdict, where’s the impatience to demand more rights, asks Pawan Dhall
By Pawan Dhall
The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!