Its TIME TO GLOW PINK ONCE AGAIN AT SALVATION STAR's KHUSH NIGHT, first Friday of every month with great music,live acts,visiting DJ's,movie screenings,flea bazzars,book readings,art melas and most of all the fantastic food and drinks that makes Zenzi one of the hippest bars in Mumbai.
By The Cathartist Aug 31 2011 |
My first lover was a woman who identified as butch. She spent a lot of time, or so I felt, in trying to define me. I never found myself conforming to any identities. There were days I felt generally macho and I’d slip into a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. And there were days where I’d find feminine wiles flowing out of me in my pretty blue lucknowi kurta-salwar and dangling jaipuri jhumkas. Shortly after I came out I also shaved off my long tresses and walked around unabashedly with my shorn head.
By Nilofer Aug 31 2011 |
This was seven years ago – in a different city, but a similar hotel room. Familiar white sheets smelling of naphthalene balls and a room with no windows. At a
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By Nilofer Aug 29 2011 |
From the Executive Producer of the acclaimed documentary?series, “Intervention” comes a new series about people who are living?double lives. We are searching for people who are tired of keeping their secret?from their family, friends, and loved ones. We are only looking for?people who are genuinely interested in finding healing in their lives. ?
By The Cathartist Aug 29 2011 |
My willingness to speak openly about myself has landed me spots on panels, interviews, art projects, and so on. I always approach these with an open-mind and am usually happy to have the opportunity to express myself – sometimes I even volunteer to. However, I have wondered if my body and my words are being manipulated.
By Anurag Aug 29 2011 |
SCRIPTS #14 is going to be a FOOD special and we want to cook up the contents together with you!
By Broom Aug 29 2011 |
Darling devadasi, will you not dance for me?
Damsel of temples, I have seen you dance endlessly,
I have yet to take my eyes off you,
I am drawn by …
By Ashley Aug 26 2011 |
Yes! Circle of pinkness enveloping our lives. We all noticed it. We noticed it because we asked for it. And because we asked – we got!
By Chicklet Aug 25 2011 |
You bump into a hot item on the train/bus/sidewalk. You look, item looks back, both of your Gaydar worked this time ! Yay! What would you do?
By Shri Aug 25 2011 |
Mrs. Keya Ghosh is a lawyer with the High Court at Calcutta. She has been a professor of English Literature at various colleges, as well as a lecturer in law. She is also a LGBTQI Rights Activist, and is one of the petitioners in the Parents' petition against Section 377,presented at the Supreme Court of India.
By Srini Aug 25 2011 |
What did I love about you? Was it love? I thought I loved you. But maybe, I loved who I thought you were. Not who you really are. As much …
By Valerie Aug 24 2011 |
I’ll admit, up until more recent times, I didn’t worry so much about the downstairs maintenance. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a relatively hippie city, in a relatively hippie state, but I always felt like my pubes weren’t really anybody’s business but my own. That being said, I wasn’t going to make anyone go extreme trekking to get to the goodies, but I was always a little creeped out by the idea of intense hair removal. Then I got to college.
By misszero Aug 24 2011 |
Debjyoti Ghosh is a Human Rights Lawyer, who has been into Marginalized people's Rights Activism for the last five years. He has just completed his LLM in Human Rights with an International Justice Specialization, and is looking forward to plunging back into activism.
By Srini Aug 22 2011 |
What would you do if you witnessed a parent berating their child in public for being gay?
By Shri Aug 22 2011 |
I want to see you
standing in the doorway
the sun lost in your hair
and hear you speak to me softly
with your eyes
to feel the warmth of …
By Zunket Aug 22 2011 |
Breaking news – I have officially joined the ranks of the employed! Realizing that I don’t want to spend my post-undergrad gap year living with my parents was pretty good incentive to intensify the job search. And I landed one that I really love!
By misszero Aug 19 2011 |
Now that I look back I don’t even know why we separated. It was not as if we hadn’t been with other people, in our relationship. I had been seeing …
By Nilofer Aug 19 2011 |
Devdutt Pattanaik, author of the Pregnant King, retells these stories at Azaad Bazaar, and wonders why they were slipped into sacred tales.
By The Cathartist Aug 18 2011 |
Tell us who is your favorite Middleton!
By Shri Aug 18 2011 |
For a couple of seconds, all I could hear was Mitchell screaming. The pain in my upheld hand had gone numb. “Terry, what do you think you are doing you,
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By Nilofer Aug 17 2011 |
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