Reclaiming ‘whore’
By Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy
Women, queer and transgender persons must take back the words that men have fabricated with regressive meanings to make them feel ashamed of themselves, says Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy
By Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy
Women, queer and transgender persons must take back the words that men have fabricated with regressive meanings to make them feel ashamed of themselves, says Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy
By Shampa Sengupta
How equipped are the government-run one stop crisis centres for women to carry out crisis intervention? Shampa Sengupta shares insight from a recent survey of the centres in four states...
By Pawan Dhall
Self-reflection and self-transformation have an important place in social campaigns for justice, argues Pawan Dhall
By Mihir Seth
Death by suicide among queer youth should galvanize action to address the global mental health crisis, argues Mihir Seth
By Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy
Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy questions regressive social attitudes around sexual assault that persist even in ‘progressive circles’
By Dr. Nandini Ghosh
Domestic violence and lack of access to legal redress still pose serious challenges to the wellbeing of disabled women in India, says Dr. Nandini Ghosh
By Dhamini Ratnam
The struggle for equal rights must be a collaborative one – Dhamini Ratnam dwells on this lesson from the past reflected in the queer archives maintained by Varta Trust
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