On violence, trauma, justice and healing
By Pawan Dhall
What could it be like to burn in hell – for the collective conscience of an entire society?
By Pawan Dhall
What could it be like to burn in hell – for the collective conscience of an entire society?
By Namrata, Shreyashi
Namrata and Shreyashi on the problem areas in the latest version of the anti-trafficking Bill – with inputs from Archit Krishna and Kaushik Gupta
By Jia Mata
Jia Mata on social norms, toxicity in queer relationships, and what can be done to make things better
By Sankalpita Mullick, Sudhasri Yadavalli
Sankalpita Mullick and Sudhasri Yadavalli analyse the controversial Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
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 QFLN - West Bengal
Festive season’s round the corner, coronavirus lockdowns have eased up – have fun dating but don’t let your heart and wallet become easy game! Queer Friendly Lawyers Network – West...
By Kaushik Gupta
Kaushik Gupta explains the law on online child pornography
By Diksha Sanyal
Diksha Sanyal examines the constitutionality of a Bill which the Centre is keen to enact
By RAHI Foundation
RAHI Foundation is back with more issues to discuss around incest and child sexual abuse
By Pawan Dhall
Varta’s online locator for queer friendly health and legal aid service providers is formally launched!
By RAHI Foundation
In a new bi-monthly column RAHI Foundation discusses a range of issues around child sexual abuse
By Pawan Dhall
Both photographs in this article were clicked during an event organized on April 18, 2018 by Maitree, a pioneering women’s rights network in West Bengal
By Ajita Banerjie
Delhi witnesses a collective voice of dissent against the central government’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016. Ajita Banerjie reports
By Nitin Karani
Campaigns to highlight different human rights issues are just past, ongoing or round the corner. Last year saw a spate of Bollywood films on many of these issues. How true...