Located not so long ago in the 20th Century, the story goes like this - a young boy finds lust and love in the company of a classmate at the ashram where he holes up with a brood of other boys and manly monks.
By Kushboo Apr 11 2019 |
This first step into this world, into his community, was filled with uncertainly, confusion, and fear. It is for most people. Going into something and not knowing what one is going to find there is certainly one of the most vulnerable positions to put oneself in.
By Aarushi Agrawal Mar 29 2019 |
Through all the social commentary the show has tried to touch, it has really only done justice to surface concepts of class and sexuality that the newest working and earning generation of the subcontinent has begun to come to terms with.
By Rheadodendron Mar 20 2019 |
The book is slim at just under 96 pages but impressively well-rounded, reading as diary writings with intimate reflections on Shraya’s complicated relationship with men, or rather masculinity.
By NOFILTERSASSY Mar 14 2019 |
Noronha was as madly funny as ever, cracking us up with new material as well as putting a different spin on some old anecdotes of his life.
By Smooth Criminal Feb 27 2019 |
ELKDTAL seams the gravity of depicting a lesbian relationship in our largely shushed society and the expected dreaminess of standing in a wheat stalk field waiting for love to sweep you by, a mainstream Bollywood trope for heterosexual love.
By JS Feb 22 2019 |
The documentary opens with a note stating photography and videography are strictly prohibited on the metro. Yet the first shot reveals metro doors filmed from the inside, and from then on we are always and already on forbidden territory.
By Chitra Kalyani Feb 5 2019 |
This show could have done miles better, but instead it has turned into a shallow South Bombay bourgeoisie alcohol fest with an equally horrific first world and misplaced idea of feminism and sexual liberation.
By Nikita Saxena Jan 29 2019 |
The first Academy Award campaigns for openly transgender actresses supported by a film producer were launched for Rodriguez and Taylor and were supported by prominent transgender celebrities like Laverne Cox.
By Nikita Saxena Jan 8 2019 |
Janvi’s earthy voice, which sounds almost purposely made a few notches deeper, sounds sublime against the video.
By Krupa Joseph Nov 22 2018 |
It’s one of those films you expect to leave you feeling angry and disturbed, but instead, you’re left with a sense of calm and subdued melancholy, despite the fact that a lot of what was portrayed on screen was truly painful to watch.
By Shruti B. Nov 12 2018 |
This tension between Rosa's identity and what her family expects of her is a tension between individual and the society, a tension as old as civilization itself.
By Mansi Draboo Oct 23 2018 |
Randall has a clear target audience in mind. She is talking to women in their thirties who have been screwed over by their relationships one too many times.
By Krupa Joseph Oct 4 2018 |
Vikram's collection of poetry is a beautiful intersection of his spiritual, queer, cosmopolitan, and hyphenated identity.
By Mansi Draboo Aug 21 2018 |
This collection of short stories is a view into the lives of middle-class gay men in rural and urban India. The stories are doused in pain, guilt, humiliation, confusion, disappointment, heartbreak, lust, self-realisation, and acceptance.
By Teenasai Jul 30 2018 |
Disobedience could very well have been sensationalist in its storytelling, as it is the tale of a rekindled illicit affair between two women.
By Nikita Saxena Jul 23 2018 |
‘Nanette’ is no ordinary stand-up special. Hannah Gadsby is 40-year-old, gay, Tasmanian comic whose decade-long career in comedy has been built on self-deprecating humour. But she decides to change things up this time.
By Teenasai Jul 16 2018 |
The art within these walls and stairwells has already found its ways into art collections and audience’s homes and offices. Finally, there is room to breathe. Me We provides that, and raises the bar for LGBTQ art exhibits.
By Chitra Kalyani Jul 12 2018 |
This (mis)representation of bisexuality as a sexuality in the “middle” of homosexuality and heterosexuality is the exact line that Medha Patel follows.
By Krupa Joseph Jul 4 2018 |
Netflix’s Lust Stories is a compilation of four short films, each of which dive into different kinds of modern relationships that make you think.
By Teenasai Jun 26 2018 |
