Tagged Under: Intersectionality

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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 Mukherjee

  Diksha Sanyal and Namrata Mukherjee 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

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  Vartanama Dec '17

  Toilets: 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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  Insight Dec '17

  Pushback 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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  Happenings Oct '17

  Queer 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...