The 3rd KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will be held from May 23-27, 2012 in Mumbai at two venues – Cinemax Versova and Alliance Française de Bombay
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Jai Ho – Return From Vagistan : All Queer, All Bollywood, All Night!
JAI HO – RETURN FROM VAGISTAN : All Queer, All Bollywood, All Night!
Jan Villa @ Alliance Française
After the monsoon flood of 2005 that submerged Bombay, the filmmaker returns to her city to examine the personal impact of the devastating event.
The Heart Shaped Darkness And Other Maladies
Our friends at Mumbai Boss have alerted us to a new and fabulous product that will scrub out the unsightly darkness between our legs. To be honest, I don’t understand all …
Today
Just before this picture was taken, it appears like
The barber had put a bowl upside down on your head
And trimmed what laid outside of it.
Annual Housekeeping Contest!
It’s our annual house-keeping time. This means we are going to open our cabinet of whisky and hope that everything will just clean itself out like magic.
A Night Out In Delhi’s Streets
This week’s Sunday Guardian carries an interesting story on the unsafe cities of Delhi, in which two reporters roam the streets after dark. They mostly encounter prostitutes and a steady throng of haggling customers.
Dressing Our Boys
Suchi Govindarajan wrote a short and witty note on Facebook, about the raging immodesty of men which mysteriously made its way to The Hindu. Unsurprisingly, she found out about it with everyone else- …
Fisking Firdaus
In a “wildly” convoluted essay, Firdous contends that maybe allowing homosexuals their rights will lead to the destruction of the world as we know it. Never being the one for open letters, I’ll just use this as feedstock for sarcasm.
Queer Ink Presents ‘Out!’
Queer Ink invites you to the Kala Ghoda festival for their event Out!: Personal stories to inspire, enlighten and entertain us!
Out! is a Queer Ink event for individuals to speak about their personal journeys of the tipping point that propelled them to use their art to seek the queer unknown.
Agneepath : A Rebuttal
Why is it okay to show Hijra as scheming but not violent? Firstly, the movie did not spend enough time on the character development of the Hijras. As I saw it, they were shown as supportive of Vijay and loyal and fierce. They rise up in arms against a mob of cruel men that have thronged to witness and participate in the auction of a girl. What’s wrong with that?
The Politik of Gender and Genre
I’ve not read Hoshang Merchant and have not read any of his work. I have read Seth however. Everything he’s written. But this isn’t a review of Hosang’s work vs. Seth’s. As we celebrate Pride Week, I wonder what are we fighting for? Are we all fighting for the same rights?
Kashish Presents Q’nema : 22nd January, 2012
As part of the Mumbai Pride Week, Kashish presents Q’nema on 22nd January at TISS, Mumbai.
Colours Of India : QAM 2012 Opening Event
Colours of India through the eyes of a dancer…
A Guide to Understanding Lesbians : Part 2
This is the sequel to our never-before-seen production that gives deep insight into the workings of a lesbian mind. Read part 1 here for context.
A Month of Pride and Party Pooping
As we walked towards the exit we had the venue staff telling us that we could not leave since there were police outside. A guy wearing a pony tail, beard, kohl eyed and wearing a vest was standing there instructing the police to go and check on the party. His name is Haji Ahmed Sahab Bawa (HASB) claiming to be a member of the NCP. He also was showing videos that he had clicked inside the party.
Protest Against Political Homophobia
Haji Ahmed Sahab Bawa, a Muslim rightwinger, screamed and name called 270 guests and cops watched meekly, until we decided enough is enough, people mustered courage and took the fight to the police station…and after 2 hours of 50 odd people standing outside the station, we were told there was nothing wrong with party, all the permissions were in place and it was wrong that the party was stopped.
Gossip’s Fundraising Party for Mumbai Pride
This time we party for a cause, to raise funds for Mumbai Pride 2012. Mother of all queer events is back, bigger and better than ever, Queer Azaadi Mumbai’s Pride walk on 28th January 2012. This year promises to have almost of a dozen pre-pride events to be held all over the city during the pride week (21st-28th January 2012). And in order to help realize all these events, Gossip is holding a fundraiser!
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