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Open letter response to “gay but not carefree”
In response to an article written in the Hindu by one Mr. Nagaswami,
Dear Mr Nagaswami,
Its an interesting advocacy piece for gay rights that you have penned in the Hindu. A point that you raise: social structure will continue to harass and ostracise homosexuals and their "chosen" lifestyles, policy change or not.
Two very interesting things about this- one [...]
Pride and Prejudice
Bengaluru Pride 2008
The most colourful march Bangalore has seen…
June 29, 2008
We didn’t even know about the Pride, until one of our friends talked to us about making the march colourful. That was an exciting thing to do – make a march colourful. From a distance, we must look like the rainbow, someone [...]
Theatre, Storytelling and Activism – a bag of tricks
Pritham Chakravarthy in Bangalore
Pritham K Chakravarthy is a theatre performer, activist, playwright and an independent researcher. She specialises in single woman performances focusing on gender and sexuality. Her piece on transgender community of Chennai, "Nirvanam" was featured in The Edinburgh International Festival 2002 and has travelled extensively in the USA and UK [...]