Invocation of the Sacred Goddess
An invocation ballad dedicated to the late Marsha P. Johnson, the progenitor of the Stonewall Riots. She was a symbol of fierce courage, unwavering hope, and firm faith. This ballad serves as an expression of...
Category: Creative
The Crooked Tree
CROOKED TREE The stage would be horizontally divided in two parts. The part in the back would further be divided in two halves. The left side would function as doctor’s room and office of...
The Toxic Binary
This artwork is a comment on the toxic binary which exists between male and female attributes. The difference in how men and women are supposed to behave, dress, and talk, conventionally. The pot...
Paradise for Imperfect Individuals
PARADISE FOR IMPERFECT INDIVIDUALS It was just another cold winter morning, pretty much like all other mornings, the only noticeable difference being that it was the day my father adopted the son of his...
Mudra
A ‘coming-out’ tale of a young woman, in 1998, in Madras. “She took lonely walks, existed quietly, avoided office get-togethers, listened to Boney M and Eruption, read books by Kalki and watched movies with...
Umeed
Umeed is a poem by Surabhi Rathore.
The Diary of a Troll
An Imaginative Diary Entry Date: 22nd April 2015 Wednesday Dear Diary, Today I am going to share something new about my life. I watch pornography frequently and I do so by...
I Want To Come Home
I WANT TO COME HOME As I woke up today Thinking of taking my kids out to play My feet stopped on its own Because now I know the neighbourhood’s tone ...
A Fictional Story
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...
Edge of it
A short article on two men, lovers, walking hand-in-hand in public, and the thoughts running through their minds. About how making laws, doesn’t always change the minds of the people. It’s January, 2019...
Supreme Court Verdict on Section 377: Celebrations by the LGBTQIA Community
September 6, 2018 will be remembered as a watershed day in history of LGBTQIA movements in India. On this day, the Supreme Court of India decriminalised consensual homosexual sex. A five-judge constitutional bench of...
The National Register of Citizens in India: The Plight of the Transgender Community
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of all bona fide Indian citizens. It was first prepared after the Census of 1951. In 1978, a by-election was conducted in Assam after the...
Beyond the Binary
[This artwork was contributed under the pen name Moony.]
Creator’s Judgement
A magnifying glass is also known as bi-convex lens which is a combination of two convex lenses. From an unusual distance, the image formed through the glasses appears inverted but at a distance close...
Don’t Divide the Colours of Pride
The universe as a whole, is but an ocean of immortality, with various gems and priceless stones, floating in the cosmos defying gravity. Our planet amongst the crores, is another renowned yet claimed...
Hindu Mythology and the Forgotten Queer Characters
The queer movement in India has sparked nationwide debates all over the country. The battle against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has been won, however the war against the heteronormative structure of...
Distract and Punish
This piece depicts child sexual abuse questioning whether the death sentence would really curb the crime, or it’s an easy way to distract from the actual problem? The work is on canvas with use...
If I Was The “Other”
If I was the “other” is a piece I am supposed to write. But what is the other, what is it that makes them the “other”, why is there a need for there to...
