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Lead Story
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
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
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
SANDIP ROY
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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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.
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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
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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
Gayfest: Book guide
A few books that enable a deeper understanding of difference and diversity in India.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
Gayfest: Cinema guide
Movies that started conversations.
Abhinav Chakraborty
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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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
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
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