Then I saw him, for the first time, in the flesh. I recognised the handsome face and as he drew closer, I recognised the blue denims worn with a white linen shirt.
Queer people cannot be free in a world where people of various hues are shackled, not just because a common oppressor – overarching patriarchy – attacks us all, but also because many of us straddle multiple identities – we’re Dalit and queer, Muslim and queer, Tribal and queer, Disabled and queer.
PM Narendra Modi’s speech at the Goold scheme launch was ridden with inherent gender biases, where women might 'own' the gold, but everything to be done 'with' the gold were being done by the males