BUBBLE OF PROGRESSIVENESS IN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE A narrative byLucky, who was not just a transgender……. It was a start to a new phase of life. Like all other students, I was also excited to join college, meet new people coming from different parts of the world, and finally living a “hostel life”. But unfortunately, everything…
Category: Culture
Queer Pop Culture Corner: September
This is a column recommending queer content of different types. Book: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller A grand, sweeping reimagination of Homer’s Illiad, The Song of Achilles comprises an intense gay relationship between beloved Greek hero Achilles and his close companion Patroclus. Madeline Miller takes implicitly queer happenings in Ancient Greece and makes…
Fandry : Waning Desire and Waxing Caste
The film Fandry, directed by Nagraj Manjule is a Marathi film surrounding the themes of repression, caste and sexuality. Several subversive and implicit themes in the film enrich this story of unrequited love from a lower-caste boy Jabya towards an upper-caste girl Shalu, in the Maharashtrain village of Akolner. The film relies heavily on symbolism…
Invisible Sexual Repression: Destabilising Foundational Norms [Book Review]
I write this short paper as a comment on Sara Mills and Michel Foucault’s works. Sara Mills analyses Foucault’s observations on sexuality from his book titled, ‘The History of Sexuality Volume 1’. This paper reacts to some of the critical observations and analysis by Mills as well in her book titled ‘Michel Foucault’. It is…