Women in India

The movie Kaali (by Canada-based Indian artist Meena Mekalai) has caught major flak in India because it “offends” the sensibilities…

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Did you know that gay marriage is now before a High Court in India? I was delighted to learn…

I’m reading a series of LGBT-related novels out of and/or about modern India. It’s been an interesting search, with not…

Friends, Please forgive my silence on this blog! It’s been a pandemic. I flew back from Chennai to the US…

There are clear signs that the 2018 Supreme Court decision decriminalizing homosexuality in India has had a powerful effect on…

Friends, I got back to the US from India just as the coronavirus was beginning to reach North America. …

I was touched by the affection and family-feeling among staff, volunteers and visitors when I visited Sahodaran, an LGBT activist…

Many Westerners who live in India are ambivalent about hiring Indian domestic workers, or as they are commonly called, servants. …

Chennai is blessed with a very good cultural museum on the outskirts of town called Dakshina Chitra. Interestingly it…