Tagged Under: Same Sex Relationships

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  Printed Word, Vartanama Feb '23

  In search of an ideal world, or at least a better one

  By Pawan Dhall

  Sharif D. Rangnekar’s new book 'Queersapien' takes you through a self-reflective account across countries, cultures and issues

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  Vartanama Jan '23

  Decriminalized but not destigmatized

  By Pawan Dhall

  The central government’s discomfort about queerness in the judiciary throws up many more uncomfortable questions

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  Advice - Rights and Laws Oct '22

  Clearing the mist on banking and insurance nomination rules

  By Kaushik Gupta

  Queer individuals in India can designate their partners or friends as nominees and successors for their bank accounts and insurance policies. Kaushik Gupta elaborates

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  Happenings, Insight Aug '22

  Words and art from the heart

  By Swati Das

  A round-up of events organized to mark 100 monthly issues of ‘Varta’ webzine by Swati Das

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  Cinemascope, Insight May '22

  ‘Aa jaane jaan . . .’

  By Jia Mata, Lipikor

  Jia Mata and Lipikor on portrayals of female desire in Bollywood films and songs

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  Cinemascope Apr '22

  Queering the marriage story pitch

  By Karthik Hebbar

  Karthik Hebbar reviews 'Gay India Matrimony', a documentary film by Debalina, one of India’s most exciting queer filmmakers

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  Insight Apr '22

  Logging out of toxic relationships

  By Jia Mata

  Jia Mata on social norms, toxicity in queer relationships, and what can be done to make things better

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  Insight, Printed Word Feb '22

  ‘Bhalo Na Basar Galpo’

  By Dr. Tirthankar Guha Thakurta

  Dr. Tirthankar Guha Thakurta reviews Sudipto Pal’s same-sex yet universal love story of ‘not being in love’

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  Insight Aug '21

  In the matter of queer relationships – court approval vs. social disapproval

  By Diksha Sanyal

  What is life like for Indian queer couples who win court approval of their right to cohabit? An analysis by Diksha Sanyal with inputs from Pawan Dhall

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight, People Oct '20

  Lockdown takeaways: Achieving higher ground

  By Shivalal Gautam

  In this second paired narrative of queer lives during the lockdown in Assam, Shivalal Gautam tells us how two queer women negotiated multiple trials and reached a better place in...

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  Advice - Rights and Laws Sep '20

  Stay home, stay safe?

  By Diksha Sanyal

  COVID-19 lockdowns may eventually go, but domestic violence against queer persons not quite so. Diksha Sanyal offers some legal solutions

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  Advice - Rights and Laws Jun '19

  Winds of change in marriage law?

  By Mihika Poddar

  Mihika Poddar explains a recent court verdict on the right to marry for trans persons

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  Advice - Rights and Laws Feb '19

  Police cannot stop consensual cohabitation between two queer adults

  By Debayan N. Sen

  Debayan N. Sen assures that consensual cohabitation by same-sex couples is not a crime

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  Insight Nov '18

  Will the Section 377 verdict live up to its full potential?

  By Brindaalakshmi K.

  Brindaalakshmi K. on what the Section 377 verdict means to people assigned gender female at birth

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  Creations, Insight, Travel Travel Oct '18

  Many intimacies, many improvisations

  By Marc Ohrem-Leclef

  Marc Ohrem-Leclef’s 'Jugaad – Of Intimacy and Love' is a visual arts portrayal of male-to-male intimacy

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  People, Qatha Jul '18

  Qatha: On the uses of ‘sil-batta’ to make you straight & more queer tales (part 2)

  By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar

  'Varta' brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’