Queer Literature
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From memoirs to fiction, from poetry to YA, queer literature offers more reading options than ever
A queer reader surveys the current crop of Indian and global LGBTQIA+ literature.
Saurabh Sharma
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‘After Sappho’ reimagines the lives of queer artists and activists, from Sappho to Virginia Woolf
Selby Wynn Schwartz’s novel is not just an important re-writing or righting of herstory, or a new view on queer feminists in turn-of-the-century Europe.
Francesca Rendle-Short, The Conversation
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Want to read about queer teens saving the world or having a rom-com moment? Here are five books
These novels break the genre’s early mould of tragic endings and hardships to tell stories of hope.
Alex Henderson, The Conversation
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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For a look at transgender spirituality through an African lens, read Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘Freshwater’
How Nigerian and African diaspora writers are speaking back to homophobia.
Aretha Phiri, The Conversation & Rocío Cobo-Piñero, The Conversation
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Michael Field, a 19th century poet with an elite readership, was created by a lesbian couple
Renewed interest in Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper shows that historical icons can be both trailblazers and incorrigibly flawed.
Sarah Parker, The Conversation
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It’s Pride Month, and here are five queer South Asian speculative stories to raise a toast
Science fiction and fantasy writing is no longer openly homophobic.
Mimi Mondal
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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From then to now: Five queer women poets whose work must be read today (and every day)
Here, more than ever, the personal is political.
Shinjini Bose
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What is queer? A graphic anthology that will give you some answers
The new issue of the ‘Gaysi Zine’ explores visual stories that try to answer the question.
Shreya Ila Anasuya
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Gay literature is firmly out of the closet in India, and winning readers over
While legal and societal change is slow, literary championing of the LGBT life is forging ahead.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
The Reel
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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