Femininity, Masculinity, and a Queer Conference in Kolkata
Photo credits: Nilanjan Majumdar & Sappho For Equality
The queer is slowly finding its way into the academic sphere, and slowly creating ripples in the ac... Read More...
Sayantan Datta
In Pics: How a Queer Hugs Campaign brought out the best of Kolkata
Photo by: Suchandra Das
Streets of Kolkata, on 23rd of August, witnessed something like never before. A bunch of queer people, walked down the e... Read More...
Movie Review: Nirbashito (Bengali, 2015)
Churni Ganguly has already been a proven actress. This time she makes her directorial debut, with her film, ‘Nirbashito’, based on Taslima Nasreen’s banishmen... Read More...
How an English Professor is using Facebook to engage with Students on Gender and Sexuality Issues
Niladri R. Chatterjee, or NC sir, as most of his students call him, is an Associate Professor of English at Kalyani University, West Bengal. A reputed name in t... Read More...
Poem: Where Queer Meets Queer
Illustration by Maitri Dore
I wake up every morning,
And the wall around me breaks down my life into various provinces
With the ruler of each
Driving me cr... Read More...
Anthology on Rituparno Ghosh and his works slated for an early-December release
The anthology Rituparno Ghosh: Cinema Gender Art edited by Sangeeta Datta, Kaustav Bakshi and Rohit Dasgupta, to be published by Routledge (South Asian Hist... Read More...
Opinion: State Interference in dealing with Homo- and Trans-Phobia
(Photograph by Raj k Raj/Hindustan Times)
While discussions, protests and movements around the queer spectrum are happening all around the world, what is inte... Read More...
Book Review: Selections from The Thousand Nights and a Night
“Glory be to Him who changes others and remains Himself unchanged!”
And hence, glory be to the aforementioned book, translated by Sir R.F Burton.
The book i... Read More...
Kolkata’s prestigious Presidency University to introduce ‘Others’ section in Admission Forms
The new admission form of Kolkata’s Presidency University, supposed to roll out in the month of June this year, will contain an 'others' section under the 'Ge... Read More...
Opinion: Media Sensationalism of LGBTIQ Lives
“Adam and Steve is a couple of a different kind; they live together near Rotary Sadan, Kolkata. Every morning they wake up, and look at the sky for signs of cha... Read More...
3rd Chandigarh LGBT Pride Walk to be held on March 8
Holi may be over on the 6th, but Chandigarh decides to keep the color play on by organizing the 3rd year of the Chandigarh Pride Walk on the 8th of March. In ... Read More...
Short Story: The Silent Expressionist
And he left me hanging there.
On the easel, that is. I’ve been waiting for him to start his work on me for quite some time, but for the last few days, he jus... Read More...
Sayantan Datta
Sayantan is an active LGBTQ expressionist who slays down the stereotypes, trying to change the world one sequin at a time