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Queer Expressions: Activism Through Classical Dance

By Nitya Sriram December 7, 2017June 6, 2020 In Culture, Features, Pride 0 Bharatanatyam, Classical Dance 2

India’s LGBTQI community is adapting classical dance forms to give themselves a voice in dance.

Case in point: a Bharatanatyam performance depicting a lesbian coming out story that’s been making rounds on social media.

Search Party is What Girls Would Be If The Characters Had A Purpose

By Avantika Mehta December 5, 2017 In Culture, TV 0 Alia Shawkat, Dark Comedy 0

A television series about a group of millennials struggling in New York — sounds like I’m talking about Girls, doesn’t it?

Boss Moves Only: An Interview with Maria Qamar aka HateCopy

By Avantika Mehta December 4, 2017 In Art, Culture 0 avantika mehta, Hatecopy 0

Maria Qamar, or as she’s Instaknown as @HateCopy on Instagram and Twitter is a young woman dealing with issues of mixed-marriages,

Queer in the City: Whose Law is it Anyway?

By Nandini Moitra and Upasana Agarwal November 29, 2017June 6, 2020 In Art, Culture, Pride 0 nandini moitra, queer in the city 0

Queer in the City follows Naina and her friends as they navigate their daily lives in India as members of the LGBTQIA community.

11 Must-Read Books About Violence Against Women

By Avantika Mehta November 25, 2017May 26, 2018 In BOOK REVIEW, Books, Culture 0 Books, IDEVAW 0

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We thought the best way to observe it would be to put together a list of books that inform and educate about the prevalence and repercussions of violence against women.

Queer In The City: What is Man Love?

By Nandini Moitra and Upasana Agarwal November 22, 2017June 6, 2020 In Art, Culture, Pride 0 comic, LGBTQ 0

Queer in the City follows Naina and her friends as they navigate through the treacherous terrain of dating as an person from the LGBTQIA community in the city of Kolkatta.