'Varta' Webzine

By Diksha Sanyal

Diksha Sanyal examines the constitutionality of a Bill which the Centre is keen to enact

By Pawan Dhall, Anupam Hazra

Here’s some unsolicited advice on queering it up as 'Varta' webzine turns six!

By Diksha Sanyal, Namrata Mukherjee

Diksha Sanyal and Namrata Mukherjee on the 20th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’

By Shivalal Gautam

Look at the NRC exercise from trans persons’ points of view, urges Shivalal Gautam

By owais

owais on the 20th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’, which grew into the ‘Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk’

By 'Friendship Walk 20th Anniversary' organizing team

Text from pamphlet for 20th anniversary observations of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’

By Mihika Poddar

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

By Sadam Hanjabam

Sadam Hanjabam on the unaddressed mental health needs of queer youth in Manipur

By Pawan Dhall

We must be the change we want to see. Are we missing out on the first step?

By Koyel Khan

Koyel Khan assesses the ‘queer quotient’ of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

By Rith Das

Rith Das reports (with inputs from Pawan Dhall) on CPI(M)’s recent disability rights meeting

By Bonita Pebam

Trans inclusion in the election process in Manipur needs far more thought, says Bonita Pebam

By Rajib Chakrabarti

Sniggers at androgyny are a poor purdah on our insecurities, says Rajib Chakrabarti

By Pawan Dhall

Pawan Dhall wants the ‘queer rainbow’ to resist the saffron t(a)int!

By Jia Mata

Jia Mata on a new short film that does not tick all the gender boxes in a conventional way

By Rith Das

Rith Das captures moments from the ‘Kolkata Women’s March’ on April 4, 2019

By Pawan Dhall

Sisters (1994-95) was one of the first queer activisms in Chennai, remembers Pawan Dhall

By Koyel Khan

Koyel Khan sums up the report of an historic meet on intersex issues in India According to the United Nations for LGBT Equality fact sheet, intersex people are born with sex...