Black Is, Brown Ain’t
Black is apparently me after too much sun. My aunty in Bangalore asked, “Who’s going to marry you if you’re so black?”
Archive for authorKareemPuff
Academic, activist, artist. Believes in glitter, neon, paisleys, sequins, mehndi, mohawks, dessert, materiality, and feelings. Abstract, but not obscure.
Interview : The Pink Divas of Bangalore
This short video features interviews with a few members of the Bangalore-based queer dance group, The Pink Divas, as well as footage from rehearsals and performances.
Interview : Shazad Hai from Toronto’s ASAAP
Shazad Hai is the MSM Outreach Coordinator at ASAAP where he coordinates HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention based programming for self-identified South Asian queer men and is the lead on the “Colour Me Queer” project.
Happy Birthday Mr. Bachchan
I put this video up on YouTube for Amitabh's 70th birthday.
No KJo, You Are Not Forgiven
Student of the Year was simply an apology by Karan Johar for being a flamboyant, closeted, powerful homosexual who takes pleasure in flaunting shirtless muscle queens for his own liking while refusing to show actual compassion to gay people.
When Straight Actors Play Gay Characters
I’ve recently witnessed several instances of straight men compassionately representing gay or queer men on stage.
Lessons In Drag
As the host of Jai Ho!, Chicago’s queer Bollywood night, I perform as my alter-ego Lahore Vagistan, a desi drag queen trying to make it from the Chicago stage to the Mumbai screen.
The Challenge of Remembering Dharun Ravi (Even Though He Hasn’t Gone Anywhere Yet)
Tyler Clementi has clearly been significantly memorialized by the barrage of “it gets better” videos that poured onto YouTube after his suicide.
