Tagged Under: Intersectionality

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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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  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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  Cinemascope Apr '22

  Queering the marriage story pitch

  By Karthik Hebbar

  Karthik Hebbar reviews 'Gay India Matrimony', a documentary film by Debalina, one of India’s most exciting queer filmmakers

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight, Vartanama Mar '21

  ‘Bengal Trans* & Queer Charter of Demands’ released

  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

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  Cinemascope Jul '20

  Living on in death

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reviews Leonard Cortana’s short documentary 'Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die'

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  My Story May '20

  Epidemic of wins and losses over viruses (and disabilities)

  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’

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  Vartanama 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

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  Vartanama Jul '19

  Queer 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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  My Story Jul '19

  Of reflexivity and remembrance: 20 years of pride

  By Diksha Sanyal, Namrata

  Diksha Sanyal and Namrata on the 20th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’

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  Happenings, VCR Diary May '19

  CPI(M)’s disability outreach through print, sound, sign language sets precedent

  By Rith Das

  Rith Das reports (with inputs from Pawan Dhall) on CPI(M)’s recent disability rights meeting

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  Vartanama Apr '19

  Queer turn to stand up and be counted

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall wants the ‘queer rainbow’ to resist the saffron t(a)int!

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  Clickhappy! Apr '19

  Women’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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  Vartanama Nov '18

  What’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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  Vartanama May '18

  Cinema of questioning the world order

  By Pawan Dhall

  The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!

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  Clickhappy! May '18

  Happiness 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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  Vartanama Apr '18

  When 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