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India@75: 15 recently published books that uniquely chronicle Indian realities
Many Indias, many perspectives
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Are workplaces truly welcoming of trans and gender nonconforming candidates/employees?
Plus, tips on how to create a more inclusive workplace.
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“I wrote this memoir because I didn’t have any (queer) reference material while growing up”
Filmmaker Onir on his memoir 'I Am Onir & I Am Gay', his writing process, his introduction to films, when he realised he would make films for a living, and his film 'We Are'.
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Pride Month 2022: Reading from an Indian glossary of LGBTQIA terms
“Let’s Talk Gender”, a Tinder x Gaysi initiative, aims to advance conversations on gender identities beyond the binary.
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Punjabi feature ‘Jaggi’ is a comment on hypermasculinity, homophobia, and shame
'Jaggi' is a chilling tale of many youths in Punjab who fall prey to sexually repressed men. A conversation with director Anmol Sidhu and lead actor Ramnish Chaudhary.
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MC Travel Special | Holiday reading list - Part 1
From short to long fiction and narrative nonfiction to self-help and children’s stories, 20 books that are not only rich in storytelling, but also promise to expand your worldview.
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Lammy Award finalist Farhad J. Dadyburjor: “It’d be great to seek out more queer stories from our homeland”
"Queer literature in India is still at a nascent stage, with just a small handful of books coming out each year. It also depends on what publishers are open to taking a chance on."
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A queer reading of the International Booker-winning Hindi novel ‘Tomb of Sand’
A monumental literary work, Shree’s novel is particularly notable for breaking several binaries.
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8 takeaways from ‘Rewired: Protecting your brain in the digital age’, by Harvard Medical School assistant prof Carl D. Marci
Trade FOMO for JOMO, check your exposure to superstimuli, shun gadgets just before going to bed and more tips.
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“The will to stop crimes against women is simply missing”: Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro on how 'The Good Girls' is different from 'Beautiful Thing', how she ended up writing a whole book on the murder of two teenage girls in Katra Sadatganj, and more.
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‘Writing nonbinary characters should become less awkward for writers’: S.B. Divya
S.B. Divya is the first South Asian finalist for Nebula Award for Best Sci-fi Novel
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LGBTQ non-fiction: ‘Dear Senthuran’ and ‘Northern Light’ make us look inwards and remind why personal stories matter
While Akwaeke Emezi’s book is mostly an inward narrative, Kazim Ali’s an adventurous ride. But they both amount to the same conclusion: “Places do not belong to us. We belong to them.”
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Making music out of scars
A review of Neel Patel’s debut novel ‘Tell Me How to Be’.
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Books: Resurfacing LGBTQIA+ histories that were waiting to be told
Three books that deserve to be read for the rich historical learnings they provide and the queer futures they imagine.
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Review: Aakar Patel’s 'Price of the Modi Years' is a 488-page report card
Patel also comments on the current dispensation’s love for acronyms and alliterations—he provides 115 of them, which put a “PR spin to everything”.
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We are way past the 'hook-up era': Dating trends during the pandemic
Appreciation for more safety features for everyone but especially the queer community, focus on connection and video calls prior to meets are some of the changes that dating apps recorded.
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Remembrance: How Joan Didion's prose helped me through the lockdowns
Joan Didion's politics were far removed from the sometimes transactional nature of reporting. She observed silently, immersed herself in the environment.
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At home, in the pandemic months: Remembering queer ancestors, documenting loss
For most of us, I think the pandemic was the time when we realised what we need the most and who we really care about.
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Transgender Awareness Week | ‘Always Jane’ kickstarts a conversation about parenting trans children
The docuseries manoeuvres difficult conversations effectively, and in particular this popular (and annoying) question: What is it like to be a trans person?
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Delhi's Mohalla Clinics have a new prototype. And it's made with shipping containers
Akshat Bhatt, founder of Architecture Discipline, on redesigning Delhi's Mohalla Clinics using shipping containers and installing two prototypes during the pandemic.
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For 64 years he lived a double life; a daughter recounts her closeted father’s life
Laura Hall's memoir is as much a personal story as it’s a historical record of how queer people, through the generations, have been persecuted or stripped of their dignity for being their authentic selves.
