Queer Cinema
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Film flashback: ‘Fire’ was the first Indian film to bring women in love out of the shadows
Before ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’, Deepa Mehta’s ‘Fire’ explored the love between two women.
Shohini Ghosh
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How the Oscar-nominated comedy ‘The Favourite’ puts lesbianism at the centre stage
Yorgos Lanthimos’s period drama about Queen Anne has been nominated for 10 Oscars, including for Best Actress for Olivia Colman.
Mary Harrod, The Conversation
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In ‘Signature Move’ film, queer identity, wrestling, secrets and Shabana Azmi for a mother
Actor and writer Fawzia Mirza stars alongside the thespian in the inaugural film at the Kashish queer festival in Mumbai.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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The debate over whether Elsa from ‘Frozen’ is gay is far more complex than we realise
The campaign to introduce queer characters in Disney films is a microcosm of the greater churn convulsing Hollywood.
Vikram Johri
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‘Desert Hearts’, the 1985 film about lesbian awakening that gives ‘Carol’ a run for its money
Director Donna Deitch wanted to make a movie ‘that didn’t end in a suicide or two suicides or a bisexual triangle’.
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, The Conversation
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‘Kapoor & Sons’, ‘Aligarh’ and the debt they owe to ‘Fire’
Twenty years after Deepa Mehta’s seminal movie, Bollywood is finally, but gingerly, making gay men protagonists.
Vikram Johri
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024