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
Tagged Under: Intersectionality
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Jul '20Living on in death
By Debjyoti Ghosh
Debjyoti Ghosh reviews Leonard Cortana’s short documentary 'Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die'
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May '20Epidemic 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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Aug '19Comfort 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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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’
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May '19CPI(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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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!
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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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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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May '18Cinema of questioning the world order
By Pawan Dhall
The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!
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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
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Dec '17Toilets: Inclusive, safe and universally designed
By Pawan Dhall
To pee or not to pee – in a public toilet! Till this day any decision in this regard has sometimes to be taken even before I have left home....
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Dec '17Pushback against wrongs in Bill on transgender rights
By Sayantan Datta
The campaign against the regressive Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 is not just an unprecedented mobilization of trans communities to resist the exclusionary nature of our legal system,...
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Oct '17Queer inclusion: Business not as usual
By Pawan Dhall
The business world in India has an opportunity to adopt a benchmark to prevent discrimination against queer people in the workplace and beyond. Pawan Dhall reports on the launch of...