The very queer cookery of food in India
How queer communities in India build and maintain their heritage through food
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A queer coming of age set in 90s India, with a mythological edge
A novel exploration of consent, intimacy, love and acceptance in Shastri Akella's dazzling debut The Sea Elephants
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Agency and vulnerability of hijra lives in rural Odisha
Vaibhav Saria’s book Hijras, Lovers, Brothers, opens a crucial conversation about where hijras live under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.
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The untamed gaze of Fatima Asghar on loss and belonging
Through the lens of three Muslim-American children, When We Were Sisters sits the poignant intersection of grief, South Asian queer identity, and growing up too soon
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Queer Literature for Children is Changing Minds in India
Indian parents and community libraries are turning to queer literature for children to help them be sensitive to varied sexual and gender identities.
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Onir on Strengthening Queer Gaze in Cinema
The award-winning director of critically-acclaimed films like “I Am” rejects the cisgender-heteronormative gaze and advocates for queer narratives told by queer people themselves.
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No Place Like Home
Transgender persons in India constantly negotiate their identities with the spaces they grow up in, live in, or move through in search of a home within and outside.
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