'Varta' Webzine

By Anureet Watta

By Pawan Dhall

Pawan Dhall looks at Durga Puja nuggets in the Counsel Club Archives and his personal photo albums

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...

By Sudipa Chakraborty

Sudipa Chakraborty narrates the story of a gigolo in Kolkata – before and during the coronavirus lockdown

By Pradosh Dash

Pradosh Dash chats with political science student Sanjit Mondal who survived a recent queerphobic attack by the Bidhannagar City Police and turned adversity into opportunity

By Pawan Dhall

Pawan Dhall on trips to parallel universes through archives and remembrances around them

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 Diksha Sanyal

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

By Pawan Dhall

As 'Varta' webzine starts off on its eighth year, a look at what its predecessor 'Pravartak' was focusing on around the same time of the year in 1997

By Namrata Mukherjee

Namrata Mukherjee on policy and legal failures to address the concerns of transgender minors in need of crisis shelter – with inputs from Madhuja Nandi and Pawan Dhall

By Sudeb Sadhu, Ranjay Sarkar

Sudeb Sadhu overcame lockdown logjams and travelled a 100 km from Bongaon to Baruipur for Eid feasting and some more

By Brindaalakshmi K.

‘Gendering of Development Data in India: Beyond the Binary’ – study reveals how structural gaps keep out transgender persons from the social welfare net, not just poor data collection

By Pawan Dhall

There couldn’t have been a better time for ‘Varta’ webzine to complete seven years

By Bana, Chandan Kumar Nayak, Pradosh Dash

Health worker and community organiser Bana reports on the situation of trans masculine people in Odisha during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown – with inputs from Chandan Kumar Nayak, Pradosh...

By Dr. Nandini Ghosh

Dr. Nandini Ghosh on the recent government move to dilute the offences and penal provisions in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the...

By Debjyoti Ghosh

Debjyoti Ghosh reviews Leonard Cortana’s short documentary 'Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die'