By Sankalpita Mullick, Sudhasri Yadavalli
Sankalpita Mullick and Sudhasri Yadavalli analyse the controversial Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
By Sayan Bhattacharya
Sayan Bhattacharya questions the normalization of inequity all around us – something we must not give up on if humanity has to continue breathing
By Chintan Girish Modi
Chintan Girish Modi remembers Gaurav Probir Pramanik whose actions ensured that homophobic behaviour at the leadership level in a leading Indian corporate did not go unpunished
By Dr. Kaustav Bakshi
Dr. Kaustav Bakshi reviews social researcher Niloy Basu’s new book ‘Launda Dancer: Anyo Hijrer Bhinna Bhuban’, an important addition to queer literature in Bengali
By Debjyoti Ghosh
Debjyoti Ghosh reviews Leonard Cortana’s short documentary 'Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die'
By Pawan Dhall, Vaaswat Sarkar
A rambling conversation with Islampur-based trans rights activist Joyita Mondal who not long ago had to change houses under threats of violence, but emerged stronger from the ordeal
By Joyita Mondal, Pawan Dhall
Joyita Mondal speaks to Pawan Dhall on the precarious situation of Launda dancers from North Bengal stranded in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh because of the lockdown
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
By Pawan Dhall, Vahista Dastoor
The Varta website has transitioned again – amid many contentious social transitions!
By Santa Khurai
Santa Khurai on trans women in Manipur being denied their traditional space in the Lai Haraoba festival
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
The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!
By Oinam Hemabati
Oinam Hemabati reports on a recent ordeal with the police in Manipur when he was falsely accused of helping a trans man abduct his lesbian partner from her home. And...
By Shruti Janardhan
Gay men and lesbians need to question their own biphobia even as they fight compulsory heterosexuality argues Shruti Janardhan
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta explains why criminalizing instant triple 'talaq' will not protect Muslim women’s rights
By Pawan Dhall
In childhood I remember using an assortment of toys to construct entire cities complete with houses, offices, markets, hospitals and roads busy with humans, animals and cars. Some of these...