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Report: ITC Sangeet Sammelan

India, April 9 -- When you go to a music festival, you typically expect to come back energized. The buzz lasts for a few days, and then you get on with your life. What makes the ITC Sangeet Sammelan i... Read More


'Return to ice age': Transgender Persons Amendment Act sparks fury nationwide

India, April 5 -- In response to nationwide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, Soho House-a private members' club for professionals in fashion, entert... Read More


'Return to Ice Age': Transgender Persons Amendment Act sparks fury nationwide

MUMBAI, April 5 -- In response to nationwide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, Soho House-a private members' club for professionals in fashion, enter... Read More


On publishing queer literature for Indian readers in English

India, April 1 -- When Arpita Das founded Yoda Press in 2004, she had a clear intent to publish writing by and about LGBTQIA+ people. With urban studies scholar Gautam Bhan helming it as the series ed... Read More


Review: 12 Years by Chetan Bhagat

India, March 26 -- Chetan Bhagat's latest book 12 Years: My Messed-Up Love Story has a straightforward plot: 33-year-old Saket Khurana, a man who is an engineer-turned-stand-up comedian, falls for a 2... Read More


Vaishali Shroff: "Without faith and belief there cannot be activism"

India, March 23 -- I was struck by this sentence in your book: "We don't realize how much we miss being close to nature until we are thrown into its midst". What does missing this closeness do to a pe... Read More


'It is easier to be an activist than to be a politician'

India, March 14 -- 1How did you find your voice as a gay man of Irish and Indian heritage? That's a really good question. Thank you for asking me this. It is a bit of a complex subject so I don't have... Read More


Leo Varadkar: "It is easier to be an activist than to be a politician"

India, March 14 -- Your memoir is called Speaking My Mind. How did you find your voice? Well, it took a bit of work because this happened to be my first time writing a book. I found it very useful to... Read More


Review: Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah

India, March 12 -- South African comedian Trevor Noah's book Into the Uncut Grass tells a tender and heartwarming tale about friendship, rebellion, and the journey from petulance to maturity. It revol... Read More


Report: Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival) 2025

India, Feb. 13 -- In an Indian festival landscape that is increasingly choosing to cater to fans of a particular genre, be it Hindustani or Carnatic classical, jazz or rock, folk or blues, Sufi or ele... Read More