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Tracing the queer elements: Life and works of Ameer Khusrow

Tracing the queer elements: Life and works of Ameer Khusrow

Pride Month seems an apt time to recall the love of Ameer Khusrow Dehlawi, the great poet and Sufi mystic,…

June 8, 2022

Pride Month incoming: What’s in a pronoun?

While using ‘he’ and ‘she’ as gender-identity pronouns is the norm in heterosexual India, there is a large section of…

May 25, 2022

DCW rescues 13-year-old girl being forced to work as domestic help

The Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) on Monday rescued a 13-year-old orphan girl from a house in northwest Delhi's GTB…

May 17, 2022

Same-sex marriage: Centre opposes in Delhi HC plea for live streaming of proceedings

A plea by LGBTQ couples seeking live streaming of proceedings in the Delhi High Court on a batch of petitions…

May 17, 2022

Delhi HC undecided on marital rape

The Delhi High Court has come out with a split verdict on the matter of criminalisation of marital rape and…

May 12, 2022

Gone at 20: Sam passed on too soon

The death of Sam, a neurodivergent trans student, yet again highlights the issues faced by the queer community in academia…

May 27, 2022

Outrage over a page

Textbook of Sociology for Nurses, which has a chapter on ‘The Merits of Dowry’ is receiving backlash from academics and…

April 11, 2022

Does wearing Sleeveless make you shameless?

Even today, in a city like Delhi, women find it hard to freely practice their daily fashion choices for fear…

August 22, 2022

Many colours in the spectrum: International Autism Day

Awareness among society and acceptance by parents are two factors which make the life of children with autism easier 

August 22, 2022

‘Ek Dost Heals thy Heart’: celebrating Indian women

On 8 March, Ek Dost Heals thy Heart, along with WWW (Women Who Win) founded by Ms Simmi Bhasin, organised…

March 16, 2022