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Museums

Museums and the difficult topic of repatriation

India does not even have an inventory of its pieces in Western museums, unlike many former colonies.
Jyotindra Jain
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Museums

As good as new: Bhau Daji and CSMVS are worthy of emulation

Mumbai’s Bhau Daji and CSMVS, two of the country’s best maintained museums, were recently restored.
Lyla Bavadam
Museums

A road map for museums

What are the structural shifts needed in museums to equip them to take proper care of inheritance?   
Naman Parmeshwar Ahuja
Things to Read

Gayfest: Book guide

A few books that enable a deeper understanding of difference and diversity in India.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
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Things to Watch

Gayfest: Cinema guide

Movies that started conversations.
Abhinav Chakraborty
Pride Month: Right to Love

Queer connections: How has the dating scene changed for the LGBTQIA+ community?

Apps may have revolutionised the dating scene, but extortion, blackmail, and the difficulty in finding real companionship continues to haunt the commu
Srinivasaraghavan
Pride Month: Cultural Footprint

How visible is the cultural footprint of India’s queer community?

The queer community has expanded its cultural footprint phenomenally in recent times, through art exhibitions, cinema, literature, entrepreneurship, a
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Vijay Sethupathi as Shilpa in Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s Super Deluxe (2019). 

Trans-formation on the big screen: Queer themes in Indian cinema

The trajectory of queer-themed films in Indian cinema can be traced from the banal in the early years to queerbaiting—which suggests but does not depi
Nadika Nadja
Parmesh Shahani.

Parmesh Shahani: ‘We are still not equal today’

Interview with Parmesh Shahani, author, culture curator, and inclusion advocate.
Anupama Katakam
At the annual pride march ‘Karnataka Queer Habba’ - Hemmeya Sanje, in Bengaluru on December 19, 2021.

“What’s your pronoun?”

From the first openly gay erstwhile royal to the first openly gay politician, Indians in same-sex relationships are slowly feeling confident enough to
Divya Trivedi
Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee

Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee: ‘My sexual orientation has nothing to do with my artistic roots’

Interview with Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, interdisciplinary artiste.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
A multispeciality clinic for the trans community was inaugurated at a government medical college hospital in Salem on March 11, 2022.

Tamil Nadu: Changing social attitudes towards LGBTQIA+ community a work in progress

Tamil Nadu has been among the most progressive States when it comes to laws protecting the trans community, but this is only slowly translating into a
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
At the New York City Pride Parade in New York in 2018.

A queer history of literature and science

Literature and science are full of brilliant queer men and women who were hounded for their sexuality in their lifetime.
Ramesh Chakrapani
B.R. Ambedkar described the Constitution as “both unitary as well as federal according to the requirement of time and circumstances”.

How do we frame the battle for the ‘idea of India’?

The political battle is not so much between secular and communal ideas of India as between a federal and a unitarian idea of India.
Asim Ali

K. Chandrashekar Rao: One-man show

As K. Chandrashekar Rao harps on the BJP’s discrimination against Telangana and breaks bread with the opposition, his sights seem set on the prime min
R.K. Radhakrishnan

Uddhav Thackeray: Has the Sainik gained enough acceptance?

Uddhav Thackeray was a reluctant politician who came into his own during the pandemic and taught the BJP a lesson.
Lyla Bavadam

Mamata Banerjee: Can ‘Didi’ aim higher?

Mamata Banerjee sees herself as the natural leader of any coalition that can oppose the BJP in 2024, but alienating the Congress could hurt her effort
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Sharad Pawar

Will these usual suspects stitch up an opposition alliance come 2024?

A look at the political record of some of the other leaders who believe they can play a significant role in an opposition alliance in 2024.
TEAM FRONTLINE

M.K. Stalin: Reluctant leader

In the past year, Stalin has deliberately underplayed his role at the national level, while trying to create an ideological base for the larger strugg
R.K. Radhakrishnan
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