Cynthia Dettman: Author

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…

Stephanie Vandrick’s 2019 book “Growing Up With God And Empire” is a fascinating academic analysis of “missionary kid” memoirs. The…

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

The dynamics of transgendered people and marriage in India is fascinating. A gay or lesbian couple can’t marry. But if…

I’ve been reluctant to look up traffic statistics for Tamilnadu. I find the traffic absolutely terrifying and am totally amazed…

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…