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Lead Story
Propaganda — The Lede
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Endlessly shared till its beliefs pass off as the truth, the film trailer mirrors our world: fact and fiction, blurred by repetition.
Lawrence Liang
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
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
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
Info Card
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
Pride Month
Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee: ‘My sexual orientation has nothing to do with my artistic roots’
Interview with Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, interdisciplinary artiste.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Pride Month: Transforming Society
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
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Movies that started conversations.
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Queer connections: How has the dating scene changed for the LGBTQIA+ community?
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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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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: ‘We are still not equal today’
Interview with Parmesh Shahani, author, culture curator, and inclusion advocate.
Anupama Katakam
“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
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
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
Can the challengers rise to the occasion to halt the BJP juggernaut in 2024?
Several powerful regional leaders have started talking in the same tongue about the Centre’s attacks on federalism and the strident communal agenda. C
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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.
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