Frameline Film Fest Features Desi-led Queer Shorts
In honor of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan that represented a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States, we celebrate … Read more
New Delhi
Novelist Arundhati Roy & Her Mission To Inspire In The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Anjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over a few weeks to introduce and host Arundhati Roy … Read more
Travel Diary of Zen Alladina: The Great, Grand Motherland
I wanted to visit India ever since I was a child — but with no family ties to the subcontinent, it wasn’t as easy for … Read more
Hot News Mix: Bollywood in Morocco, Delhi Belly’s Demise, The LA Times on Navratri + More
Bollywood’s Saucier Side. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s gun + garba-infused take on Romeo-Juliet, Ram-Leela, will open the 13th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival on November … Read more
Blurred Lines: Why the Death Penalty is a Terrible Way to Deal with Sex Crimes in India
Earlier this week, a judge sentenced four of the men found guilty of raping and murdering a 26-year-old student on a New Delhi bus to … Read more
Has India’s Rape Culture Passed a Tipping Point?
Today an Indian court convicted four men accused of the rape of a 23-year old woman in New Delhi last December. Tomorrow, we find out whether … Read more
Original Poetry — ‘Plural’ by Pooja Garg Singh
मुंबई मेरी जान. अब दिल्ली दूर नहीं इन्ही शब्दों पर सवार आते हो क्या तुम ढूँढते हो मुझे भोंकने के लिए कहते हैं ये sex … Read more
Diasporic Backtracking: Why I Came Back
When I first told my mom that I was planning to get a master’s degree in Modern Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, … Read more
Let’s Take Porn Out of India’s Sexual Assault Dialogue
After the December 2012 gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi led to her death, the Indian government faced renewed pressure to confront … Read more
