Mar '20
Coronavirus outreach news from ‘Varta’
By Pawan Dhall
An audio roundup of how queer individuals, support groups and their allies are helping people face survival challenges thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic in India
Tagged Under: Mental Health
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Feb '20Hope makes a good breakfast. Sip N Bite does it better
By Duncan Rice
Duncan Rice is bowled over by the breakfast and motivation served up at café Sip N Bite
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Jun '19Queer lives matter!
By Sadam Hanjabam
Sadam Hanjabam on the unaddressed mental health needs of queer youth in Manipur
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Feb '19What if it’s neither?
By Koyel Khan
Koyel Khan sums up the report of an historic meet on intersex issues in India According to the United Nations for LGBT Equality fact sheet, intersex people are born with sex...
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Jan '19For that mental connect over cake and coffee
By Jia Mata
Jia Mata was at café Crust & Core to start off our new column Thought for Food Shyama (name changed) serves us coffee with a sweet little smile, giving no hint...
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Dec '18Alienation, mindfulness and the New Year
By Pawan Dhall
Some ruminations as 2019 takes off from where 2018 never stopped . . . A year with a landmark human rights development such as the decriminalization of queer people in India just...
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Dec '18On recovering from effects of incest and child sexual abuse
By RAHI Foundation
RAHI Foundation continues to answer your queries on incest and child sexual abuse Reader queries What can be the long term effects of incest and child sexual abuse? Is...
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Dec '18For that balancing act on stage and in life
By Subhamita Maitra
Subhamita Maitra on the power of dance to rejuvenate body and mind ‘Dance’ may be a small word but its impact on life can be glorious. In the Brahma Samhita, Lord...
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Sep '18Awakening disabled desires
By Sujoy
Coming out of self-victimization helped Sujoy discover a whole new sexual world What does the word ‘queer’ mean? Odd, strange, weird, abnormal . . . And what are the popular...
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Aug '18Symposium on queering mental health
By Jia Mata
Jia Mata was at Varta’s 5th birthday event focussed on queer perspectives on mental health Kolkata, August 4, 2018: “With only 3,827 government and private sector psychiatrists registered with the government in India...