Tagged Under: Privileges

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Sep '21

  Skills, jobs and freedoms

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reflects on the learning so far from Varta’s fledgling economic inclusion mentoring forum

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight Jun '21

  Something unfair about job fairs

  By Sudipa Chakraborty

  Job fairs for queer aspirants in India need a rethink, says Sudipa Chakraborty

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  Insight, Vartanama May '21

  Homecoming during a pandemic

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares life-changing moments from the COVID-19 pandemic. Trigger warning // Hospital descriptions, death

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  Vartanama Apr '21

  Against gratitude

  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

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  Coronavirus Diary, Vartanama Feb '21

  The gender of education, inclusion and exclusion

  By Pawan Dhall, Shivalal Gautam, Sudipa Chakraborty

  Pawan Dhall has some random thoughts on education, gender bias and socio-economic exclusion – with inputs from Shivalal Gautam and Sudipa Chakraborty. Trigger alert: Suicide

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  Happenings, Insight, Policy Matters Feb '21

  Transgender rights in South Asia: Trends, crises and opportunities

  By Debjyoti Ghosh, Jia Mata, Pawan Dhall

  Excerpts from the report of a recent webinar on transgender rights in South Asia organized by Partners for Law in Development and Varta Trust

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  Vartanama Jan '21

  Childhood ‘mudir dokan’ revisited

  By Pawan Dhall

  Yester-year stores for purchasing foodstuff and monthly provisions are making a comeback in the author’s retail therapy agenda

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  Vartanama Dec '20

  Theme for a dream in 2021

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  The coronavirus pandemic has thrown new light on food (in)security for transgender persons, says Debjyoti Ghosh

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  Coronavirus Diary, People Jul '20

  Amid pandemic of struggles, no lockdown on aspirations

  By Shivalal Gautam

  In the first of paired narratives of queer lives during the lockdown in Assam, Shivalal Gautam brings you the stories of two queer men

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  Vartanama Jun '20

  Never have I ever . . .

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares some lockdown revelations

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  Coronavirus Diary, Happenings May '20

  Missing in the migrant story, silenced in the ‘atmanirbharta’ clamour

  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

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  Vartanama Apr '20

  It’s my life, not for yours to imagine

  By Shivalal Gautam

  Shivalal Gautam wants queer activists and groups in mainland as well as North-East India to be honest to the purpose of community development work in north-eastern India

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  Happenings, Vartanama 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

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  Poetry Mar '20

  A child’s plea

  By Ananya Kar

  The child in this poem is each one of us. Do we have the answers to this child’s plea?

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  Commentary Sep '19

  Attempts at erasing trans cultures in Manipur

  By Santa Khurai

  Santa Khurai on trans women in Manipur being denied their traditional space in the Lai Haraoba festival

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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