This lovely poem is our first reader submission. Thank you, desinorse.
[Guest Post by desinorse]
this weekend
old memories
visited me
like so many
unwelcome
guests
days spent
waiting
for calls
The Gay Desi
Archive for the month - February 2009
Jigsaw Puzzle
There Is Nothing To Fear, But Fear Itself
It’s been nearly 3 years since I fell in love with The Girl. I don’t think a single day had passed since then, where I didn’t worry about how I was going to break this news to my parents.
In…
Film Review Milk: Inspiring Fear
[Guest Post by Amrita, from Indiequill]
I’ve never found Sean Penn attractive. Shocking, I know, but all that brooding intensity is completely wasted on me, I’m afraid. Five minutes into Milk, however, as I…
Gaysi Fatherhood
A heartbreaking post from a fellow-gaysi, over at Devis with Babies:
But when my partner and I decided to get married that changed. My parents wouldn’t come. And, what was worse in my eyes, they
…
Food For Thought
An interesting conversation with a biologist friend. His point:
When we talk of heterosexual relationships (from an Indian perspective), our thoughts are mostly centred around terms like compatibility, personality, profession, education and such like. Sex, though a very important factor
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A Rebuttal : Consumerism And Sex
A reader’s reply to yesterday’s published post.
It is shocking to see the number of advertisements floating around these days which portray women as desired objects and man as consumer, directly or in-directly. According to these advertisements the
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Consumerism And Sex
Mom, I Am Gay!
I was in a perplexed state, didn’t know which route to take. And when you don’t know which road to take, you tend to follow the one that everyone ambles on. I was no different. I thought…
Three Cheers For Iceland!
While we continue to bicker over the existence of an antiquated law (IPC 377) in courts. Allow human rights violation by the very protectors of law in the form of torture, extortion & abuse on Gay…
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