Museums and the difficult topic of repatriation

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

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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

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.

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

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

Gayfest: Book guide

A few books that enable a deeper understanding of difference and diversity in India.

Abhirami Girija Sriram

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Gayfest: Cinema guide

Movies that started conversations.

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Vigil for Love, a gay march, was organised at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan soon after the June 2016 Orlando gay club shootout in the US, to show solidarity with the victims.

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

Balbir Krishan in his studio.

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

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

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

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.

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

Opposition leaders at a mega rally called Brigade Samavesh organised by Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata in January 2019.

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

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

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.

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.