Art

Brajabuli as a vehicle of queer desires: love songs in Rituparno Ghosh’s films
Still from the film: Arekti Premer Golpo, showing a man crossdressed as a woman, wearing a cotton sareer, red blouse, and gold jewellery
Brajabuli as a vehicle of queer desires: love songs in Rituparno Ghosh’s films

In my opinion, Ghosh was in search of a language of cinema which could be adequately expressive of queerness; he was slowly moving towards inventing that language, which would not be alienating to his conformist audiences, yet, would be intelligibly pleasurable to his (informed) queer viewers.
By Kaustav Bakshi
May 15, 2018
Brajabuli as a vehicle of queer desires: love songs in Rituparno Ghosh’s films
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR

She was 17 when she was rescued from a dance bar. Now she’s 18 and she wants to go back. As an adult. And…
By Bishakha Datta
January 2, 2018
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR
Review: Art in the Age of Maintenance Work
A black-and-white photo of a woman in jeans and tee-shirt bent down to clean a glass vitrine in a museum.
Review: Art in the Age of Maintenance Work

Written in one sitting in Philadelphia, Ukeles’ manifesto was a manifestation of the rage she felt when she was pregnant with her first child and a male mentor proclaimed, “Well, Mierle, I guess you know you can’t be an artist now.”
By Niyati Dave
June 5, 2016
Review: Art in the Age of Maintenance Work
Review: The Gaysi Zine is Envelope-Pushing, Occasionally Flawed, and Gorgeous
Painting of a woman sitting on a WC in a bathroom.
Review: The Gaysi Zine is Envelope-Pushing, Occasionally Flawed, and Gorgeous

At the Delhi launch of the fourth edition of The Gaysi Zine, on January 21st at Max Mueller Bhavan, a…
By Guest Writer
February 1, 2016
Review: The Gaysi Zine is Envelope-Pushing, Occasionally Flawed, and Gorgeous
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Painting of women sitting on the ground cross legged. One is rubbing the back of another. They are all looking solemn.
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil

[slideshow_deploy id=’5490′] To some Amrita Sher-Gil is the ‘Indian Frida Kahlo’. This month we feature five of her paintings which show women…
By Curated Content
March 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
July 15, 2014
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh stands infront of a wall that has a mural painted on it. She has short hair and is wearing a simple top with trousers. There is also a poster behind her that says "stop telling women to smile"
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia By FELICIA R. LEE APRIL 9, 2014 Tatyana Fazlalizadeh pasted her self-portrait Friday…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)
Artist Sunil Gupta stands infront of a wall which has two framed photos of his family. He has greying hair and is wearing a patterned woolen sweater.
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)

Sunil Gupta is an artist, activist, and a curator, based in London UK. In this interview, he talks to Manak…
By Manak Matiyani
July 15, 2014
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)
Social Media
Photo of Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal Al Shairf. She has black hair and is wearing a black headscarf, and is standing in front of a board that says 'women2drive'.
Social Media

By: Women’s Rights Campaigning Info-Activism Toolkit People are more likely to trust – and act on – messages from people they…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
Social Media
To The Beat Of Activism
photo shows a brown wall which has an illustration of a woman dressed in a red saree and blur blouse. a man sits in fron of the wall, but his face is blacked out. The message written on the wall says, "i don't 'need to be protected'/ What are you 'protecting me' from? / Think / Make That Change #DelhiGangRape #SafeCityPledge
To The Beat Of Activism

The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, left the Indian public consciousness…
By Pattie Gonsalves
July 1, 2014
To The Beat Of Activism
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism
A cartoon showing a scene at a bus stop, where a man seated on a bench ogles a woman that is passing by, and the woman's genitals seem to show him the middle finger.
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism

[slideshow_deploy id=’3075′] I’ve always had a ridiculous cartoon view of the world. It’s natural that most of my life I…
By Liz Hilton
July 1, 2014
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism
Interview – Sunil Gupta
Artist Sunil Gupta stands infront of a wall which has two framed photos of his family. He has greying hair and is wearing a patterned woolen sweater.
Interview – Sunil Gupta

Sunil Gupta is an artist, activist, and a curator, based in London UK. In this interview, he talks to Manak…
By Manak Matiyani
July 1, 2014
Interview – Sunil Gupta
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन
Photo of activist balbir krishan against a blue background. he is wearing a grey suit and has short black hair and a stubble
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन

बलबीर कृषन भारत के उन समकालीन कलाकारों में से एक हैं जिन्होंने  सांप्रदायिक हिंसा, आपदाओं, जेन्डर आधारित हिंसा, यौनिकता और…
By Ankit Gupta
July 1, 2014
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन
Gallery: Art and Activism
Photo shows a tiled floor lit by yellow lighting. Two different sets of feet stand facing each other.
Gallery: Art and Activism

[slideshow_deploy id=’3228′] OPA|CITY: Gender. Space. Intersections – An Interview For more on Vani Subramanian’s work, please visit her website.  
By Vani Subramanian
July 1, 2014
Gallery: Art and Activism
Finding Your Feet – Journeys within Dance Movement Therapy
A group of women circling each other and dancing while waving colourful streamers.
Finding Your Feet – Journeys within Dance Movement Therapy

This is a good enough place to begin. From inside your own skin. Before we could speak, we moved. We…
By Arpita Bohra
July 1, 2014
Finding Your Feet – Journeys within Dance Movement Therapy
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