Reluctant Femme Fatale

Most books about espionage have men running about doing the cloak and dagger stuff, occasionally running into a femme fatale for diversion. But...

Public Restrooms – Can they be an Arbiter of Gender?

Public restrooms become a battleground for the Transgender. The familiar outline of Male and Female that mark g...

Shades of Saffron in Good Faith

Saba Naqvi, an accomplished and admired journalist in India, has always fascinated me. I’ve been watching her on prime-time television de...

Moms, Don’t close the gate on the Dads!

While dads are super-cool and playful with their babies, they sometimes lack an emotional connect. There’...

Being Muslim and Gay: Meet Arshad Khan, Director of 'Abu'

The 9th edition of KASHISH M...

Can there be a Bollywood’s #MeToo Moment?

The Harvey Weinstein scandal which unfolded last year, resulting in the #MeToo movement, was a much-required aw...

Elevate 2K18 – Deep Gratitude!

It was our great pleasure to welcome all our guests to Elevate 2K18 which is Asian Centre for Entertainment Edu...

Boys for Sale: An Intriguing Documentary about Gay Prostitution in Japan

“If you’d never experienced this, it would be hard to understand.”

That’s the first line of Boys for Sale, a documentary that had its North ...

Of Queer Crooners

Every artistic creation is always a reaction to, and a direct product of the time it is made in; simultaneously being a comment on, and of the era. The same is true for the...