Posted and Proud: Queer Indian Influencers and Digital Counterpublics – Manav Sharma
Indian society has had a complex and contradictory relationship with the LGBTQ+ community. On one hand, it is home to…
The Altimetry of Displacement: Reading Queer Biracial Belonging in Postcolonial Literature – Sanandita Chakraborty
Everyone has a journey with their language languages are the way we see this world. They are deeply connected to…
Gender, Sexuality, and Indian Cinema: Queer Visuals edited by Srija Sanyal (2023): A Review by Ramsha Aveen
Cinema is not only a powerful tool of leisure, entertainment, and culture in society but importantly a reflection, even if…
The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir K. Puar (2017): A Review by Akanksha Rao
Jasbir K. Puar’s The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (published by Duke University Press in 2017) is a timely…
Yaari: An Anthology on Friendship by Women and Queer Folx edited by Shilpa Phadke and Nithila Kanagasabai (2023): A Review by Taanya Kapoor
There are some books we read for pleasure. Some, we read to advance our knowledge of the world, others to…
Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India by Srila Roy (2022): A Review by Amya Agarwal
The slogans ‘Naari Sashaktikaran’ (women’s empowerment), ‘Beti Bachaao, Beti Padaao’ (save a girlchild, teach a girlchild) and ‘Nari Shakti’(women power)…
Bohot Kuch Hota Hai: Towards a Reparative Reading of Pathaan – Sayantan Datta and Bishal Kumar Dey
Link to the editorial note and the panel discussion can be found here. Their fantasies are—can I get married and be…
Pathaan, Military Masculinity and the Possibility of a Queer Reading – Pushpesh Kumar
Link to the editorial note and the panel discussion can be found here. Pathaan, an action-thriller film, marked Shah Rukh Khan’s…
Transformative Role of Queer Affirmative Therapy: Dismantling Dogmas and Strengthening Solidarity – Aswathy B. Surendran
In 2018, the decriminalization of homosexuality in India brought new hope but the prejudices, homophobia, and violence lingering around everyday…
Proclaiming Queer Counter Publics in Assam – Anamitra Bora
Each year, the pivotal movements in Assam have fantasized about land, racialized-immigrant bodies or ethnic vote banks. Politics surrounding the…