Indu Harikumar illustrates crowd sourced art projects and tells tales of intimacy, identity, relations, body positivity and sexuality. Photo credit: Pooja Nagar. “I don’t feel like I am the only one anymore. Thank you.” On an internet inhabited by vicious name calling trolls, Indu Harikumar’s social media pages are a safe space where persons across …
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is returning as a Director with ‘Shikara: The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits’. The official trailer of the movie is out, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoZXboySl2I Focusing on the mass exodus and the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley back in 1990, ‘Shikara’ shows the story of how four lakh Kasmiri Pandits …
The much anticipated fixure in Bangalore’s calendar, the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF) is starting its tenth edition today. A relaxed festival, with lots of mattress on the ground and people lying down, watching films is the signature of the event. What makes it special is how through the films, a traditional notion of gender …
Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, is the Guest Editor for the September issue of British ‘Vogue’. The duchess is going to be the first Guest Editor in the history of 103 years. The duchess has curated the content with British Vogue Editor in Chief, Edward Enniful to create an issue that highlights the power of …
Until recently, they were ridiculed, abused, demoralized; and society had imposed on them certain roles- like queer dancers and beggars, associating them with immoral activities. However, matters are changing, transgenders have been legally accepted as the third gender. Several ‘sheroes’ have challenged and broken the stereotypes, and now we see them as judges, police officers, …
