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
Tagged Under: Privileges
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Jul '20Amid 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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May '20Missing 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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Apr '20It’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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Mar '20Coronavirus 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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Mar '20A 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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Sep '19Attempts 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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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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Multi-layered exclusions for trans persons in Assam NRC process
By Shivalal Gautam
Look at the NRC exercise from trans persons’ points of view, urges Shivalal Gautam
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Oct '18Far away from the madding crowds?
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta stayed away from 'pandal' hopping but had a room with a view this Durga Puja
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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! Two very different settings across the breadth of the country, two films on rather different subjects (but I...
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Feb '18Why is there still biphobia within the queer community?
By Shruti Janardhan
Gay men and lesbians need to question their own biphobia even as they fight compulsory heterosexuality argues Shruti Janardhan This article was originally published on Feminism in India and re-published here with...
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Feb '18Match-making between dating and disabilities
By Ishan Chakraborty, Prosenjit Pal
Ishan Chakraborty narrates his experience of attending an innovative meet-up in Kolkata that aimed to help people with disabilities find friends and dates
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Jan '18No Eden anywhere?
By Sayan Bhattacharya
When I was asked to write the Varta editorial for this month, I was in a fix. How does one write about yet another year ending and another beginning? Should I...