Book Review: Yaari, An Anthology on Friendship by Women and Queer Folx
Yaari is an anthology of 95 stories by several women and queer writers from the subcontinent about a crucial bond that is seldomly talked about - friendship
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Book Review: “Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India”
Vaishali presents her story, her trauma, her wounds and her accomplishments as they are in the most raw form possible.
Queersapien: A Breezy Read on Poignant Issues
The book is raw, it is searing, it is emotive. It has ups, and it has downs. It has data, it has anecdotes, it has academic literature. It has love, and it has politics.
Book Review – Over The Top: Inside The Fab Life of 1/5th of Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness
In his biography, Over The Top (OTT), JVN lets a reader in the ‘fab’ and ‘not-so-fab’ parts of his life; the moments that shape him, as a person he is at present.
Book Review: My Father’s Garden
My Father’s Garden, presents a story that shows how we as society failed to love and accept, be it in a city like Jamshedpur or a town like Pakur.
Book Review- ‘The Carpet Weaver’ Weaves a Forbidden Love Tale and Afghanistan’s Political Journey into a Captivating Book
The Carpet Weaver is not just about the love of Kanishka and Maihan, rather the book dwells much into the political situations unfolding in Afghanistan around mid 90’s
Book Review: ‘Lord of the Senses’ is a Tender, Honest and Earnest Collection Bound to Hold Your Heart Still
I’ve said this before on a previous review for Gaylaxy. There is not enough queer fiction. We could have a thousand fictional stories, plays and novels written... Read More...
Book Review: ‘The Broken Amoretti’ is an Utter Failure As a Queer Novel
I received this book through Sukhdeep from Gaylaxy, and so began with the assumption that the book would be about someone, somehow, who falls under our vast LG... Read More...
Book Review: The Scent of God
I had such extraordinary high hopes for The Scent of God. The Indian publishing industry has very, very few openings for queer fiction; we get more non-fiction... Read More...
Book Review: THE OTHER GUY – A Novel that Revives Your Faith in True Love
'The Other Guy' by Aakash Mehrotra is one such novel that has the potential to be the best seller for dealing with the emotions of two Indian gay men in love with the right balance of drama and facts.
Book Review : The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
TMOUH is primarily a story of margins and marginalized; the ones who are ‘misfit’ for the soceity, the dunya as Anjum rightly called it, where hegemonic majoritarian politics make identities like being Queer, Woman, Dalit, Adivasi, Muslim, Kashmiri, Drug Addict, Syrian Christian, Poor and Uneducated the easy target of unbridled and insatiable hatred.