What About My Meat?
The past few weeks have seen banning of not only beef in Mumbai, but also the ban of meat in states such as Gujarat, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh. The meat ban i... Read More...
Blogs
A ‘Queer’ Argument of ‘Karma’
Having been born in a middle class upper-caste Hindu family, I have grown up hearing the word “Karma” very frequently at many occasions and contexts. It was s... Read More...
Queer or Not, Join Hands and Reclaim Your Freedom
Growing up I had to claim my safe space in a dominant straight/heterosexual culture. My sexuality has constantly been policed by the state, the mainstream lit... Read More...
Standing Up To Abuse
Photo: Prachi Usha Kathale/QGraphy
Every now and then stories appear across the media of gay men being harassed, blackmailed and exploited by the police, by g... Read More...
Hatred is not Divine
The idea of Judgment Day (qayamat, in Urdu) is not found in Hinduism, or Buddhism and Jainism, for that matter. It’s found in Abrahamic mythology and even in Gr... Read More...
With “377 In India”, there can be no “Make in India”
Photo Source: Facebook Page of Narendra Modi
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Silicon Valley, there has been a lot of talk about Digital India... Read More...
How many gods must our judicial system please?
Hindu wisdom seems incompatible with our courts, where the state almost becomes a jealous God who can throw whoever it deems unfit into hell
So I am confus... Read More...
Bromances from Mythology
Bromance in India means yaarana, dostana. We saw it on full display when Jai and Veeru rode on bikes in the 1975 film Sholay. In 1990, journalist Asho... Read More...
The Desire for Humiliation
Ashley Tellis wonders why Indian gay men are in denial of the humiliation they suffer on and off the bed
The internet is full of straight men looking for gay... Read More...
Strange People, Us Sexual Minorities
A still from the movie Dostana
We are a strange people, we sexual minority people.
We rush to defend the freedom of expression of some extremely sexist, raci... Read More...
A Token Initiative?
After expressing its absolute solidarity to the LGBTQ community in the country through its breakthrough episode on alternate sexualities in its fourth seaso... Read More...
India’s First Gay Matrimonial Ad and the Caste Controversy
If you have been living in India, or follow LGBT related news, you must have been aware by now that a matrimony ad for a gay arranged marriage appeared in o... Read More...