Seven Meditations on Orlando
1. Imran Yousuf is a hero and is the kind of man who, when pressed on his heroic status, might downplay or completely deny his heroism, … Read more
LGBTQ
Read An Excerpt From Shikhandi, or Other Stories They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik
Shikhandi, or Other Stories They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik, explains that queerness isn’t only modern, Western, or sexual. Rather, by looking at the vast written … Read more
These Things DO Happen To Us: How Indian-Americans Can Stop Failing Each Other
A few months ago, a Buzzfeed article entitled “How My Culture Failed Me When I was Raped” made the rounds on my Facebook news feed. … Read more
A Real-Life Heart-to-Heart With My Grandmother
There isn’t much that dots the poor town in West Virginia my grandparents have called home for the last half-century. As new immigrants in a … Read more
India’s Anti-Gay Law Forces Mumbai Fashion Boutique to Shut Doors
In a few weeks, we’ll be coming up on the one year anniversary of the reinstatement of India’s anti-gay law. I wrote a longread about it … Read more
Queer Desi Reflections On The Meaning Of Marriage
“What would you like to drink?” the bartender asked me. “Two introspective whiskeys, please.” “What?” “Sorry. Two Jack Honeys on the rocks.” We come to … Read more
Read an Excerpt from The Paths of Marriage by Mala Kumar
The Paths of Marriage, available as a paperback and eBook starting October 1, follows three generations of Indian and Indian-American women from the harsh slums of … Read more
Cities of Yesterday & Tomorrow: The Balance of Two Unique Landmark LGBT Rulings
The day before I turned thirty last December, I felt my heart crumble in my chest. India, my motherland, had trebucheted itself back into the … Read more
