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TopicQueer histories

Topic: queer histories

‘Not transgender. I’m first gender’—new book on Chapal Bhaduri, Bengal’s Jatra Rani

In 'Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal', author Sandip Roy doesn’t seek to pin the artist down to specific frameworks of gender and sexuality.

Why I say I’m queer, not gay

As Republicans in the US gear up to tear down the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling, American gays are rejecting queerness and offering up trans queer ‘radicals’ as a peace offering.

High-society fashion became gender-bending in the 1920s. It was the ‘freaking’ parties

Gender-bending fashion became first-page news after World War I. There was a circle who were keen to try out new looks, no matter how bizarre.

An old Delhi heritage walk that’s not about Jama Masjid, Red Fort. It tells queer histories

Iqbal Ali who leads the walk observes that within the current political climate that’s hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, these walks are a source of resistance.

On Camera

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.