My Thoughts On K Se Kink
It is so exciting to see the kink space finally gaining visibility in India, irrespective of these events been seen as “underground”.
Archive for the category Reviews
Reviews of Queer films, books, events and everything else under the colorful rainbow
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Putting The Mast Back in Masti : K Se Kink Review
Normativity here is not simply about whom you are having sex with (man, woman, genderqueer, trans*, etc) but how you are having sex.
Theatre Review : Six
A clichéd plot with a wonderful presentation
Theatre Review : Ladies Sangeet
It was a pleasant surprise to sit through Ladies Sangeet at NCPA (Mumbai) for this play took me by surprise.
Film Review : Dear Dad
Dear Dad brings in other issues faced by the married gay men in India.
Film Review : In The Mood For Love
Can we be in the mood for love and develop a ‘doordarshan’ (farsightedness) towards ideas of romance, coupledom and sexualities?
Peeling The Orange
Good, bad or grey, it seems to have struck a chord with viewers globally.
Dissecting The Gay Angle In “Kapoor And Sons”
I like the idea that the film is not positioned as a "gay" film. Clever move, I say!
Book Review : “Call Me By Your Name” by André Aciman
I don't like to be greedy between two books. I try to remain enveloped in the after mist for at least some time before picking up a new book.
Review : Hindi Film “Time Out”
Time Out takes the giant leap of faith in Indian cinema.
Review : Web Series “Carmilla”
About a year ago, I was surfing for the movie adaptations of the book Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu and I stumbled across this wonderful web series called Carmilla.
Book Review : Drawing The Line, Indian Women Fight Back
Who doesn’t love graphic stories? There is an immense richness and prolificacy in visual stories which enables the flat words come to life and appear grand and renders the imaginative ideas: a reality.
Theatre Review : Ila By The Patchworks Ensemble
ILA tells a powerful story and does succeed in bringing highly discussed relevant issues to the fore in a manner that was not overbearing.
Film Review : Qissa
Qissa, a masterful indictment of patriarchy, plays with complex notions of displacement and loss of identity.
Film Review : Nil Nirjane
Nil Nirjane (or Vacation Blues) is set in a resort on the outskirts of Kolkata. Six individuals – Aman and Jaya (a couple), Mou and her father and Reshmi and her mother are vacationing in the resort.
Book Review : Above All, Honor By Radclyffe
For a very long time, the genre of romance did not exist for me. Then about three months ago, I came across Radclyffe's book.
Book Review : Talking of Muskaan and Slightly Burnt
Adolescence especially needs such references where everything around seems idiosyncratic and painful.
Film Review Gay! : One Word, WTF
MJ sent me this video yesterday, and I am still trying to make sense of it.
Review : The Pad
'The Pad' has an interesting premise and demonstrates chutzpah where others might pussyfoot.
Review ‘Brahman/i’ : A Well-Intentioned Slap In The Face
The play is set as the eponymous Brahman/i's, an intersex Indian American comedian, autobiographical stand-up routine.
