Transgenders led by Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi found their place in the 14 akharas of the Kumbh Mela this time, making her an instant celebrity Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar (transgender) Akhara is the most recent entrant into the 14 akharas. She created history by leading hundreds of transgenders to take dip in the holy Sangam on […]

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The Kejriwal government will complete four years in office on Valentine’s Day. A look at some of the flagship initiatives that have made the lives of Delhi’s citizens easier The upstart party has been four years in power, an eventful period punctuated with ups and downs. It came in out of the cold and brought […]

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A 1,700 km road trip by a time-worn Maruti 800 was a journey unto self — an escape from the maddening crowd of a metropolis This year too, Jan Peters of Greifswald in Germany, who I accuse of being a serious practitioner of logic, was my travel partner. We have, in the past, travelled together […]

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Folks of Prempura village discuss their sex life and sexuality. There seems to be an air of denial, for they call homosexuality a ‘playful act’ This was when the ‘Kiss of Love Campaign’ against moral policing in Kerala became popular across the nation, many young people were seen hugging and kissing in public to demand […]

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Ashok Row Kavi was one of the very first Indians who came out to assert their sexuality to the world. He has been the most vocal advocate of LGBT rights for four decades and is Editor of Bombay Dost and Chairperson of Humsafar Trust. An interview: What has changed in the last few decades as […]

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The sexual stigma involved in same sex relationship leads to greater brutality in passion killings of homosexuals All is fair in love and war. Most gory murders are those driven by passion. But when deviant sexuality is a cause, it adds another dimension. Many of the gay murders that have come to light are by […]

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The experience of sketching more than 200 people in the nude made me aware of how fluid the boundaries of our world are Sketching people in the nude has been my most enthralling interface with humanity. We are a bundle of complex identities, some of them mutually antagonising, sexuality is one of them, which shapes […]

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Rozama Mera Watan is part of the growing Urdu press that steers clear of stereotypical narratives to promote a modern outlook In Delhi alone, about a million people can read Urdu. But over the years, Urdu has been associated with the people of a certain community as there has been a decline in Urdu speakers […]

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