Sayantan Datta

I Have Been Fighting Depression And This is the Story of Many People like Me

April 25, 2016

Mood swings, depression, anxiety, all of these affect you in an invisible way. I am yet to accept myself this way, to be comfortable with being a psychologically ill patient requiring treatment. But yes, I am consciously trying.

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Apparel Brand Employs Transgender Model For Its Collection

April 2, 2016

Brown Boy, a new age apparel brand that claims to be the world's healthiest & happiest brand, has its goal to bring sustainable street style to the mainstre... Read More...

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Why 377 Needs to Go – Gen X Speaks

February 1, 2016

We talk to the youth, across the sexuality and gender spectrum, irrespective of their identity, and try to gauge their views on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and why it needs to go.

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Decoding 377

January 30, 2016

If social change needs to be initiated through a change in the law, which definitely provides more security to the members of the queer community, then so be it.

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Photographing the Queer : An Ordinary Life, an Extraordinary Project

January 27, 2016

A young photographer has recently started working on a project which attempts to capture two homosexual persons in their day to day activities. The striking feature of this work is the candidness of the pictures.

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The Infiltration of ‘Hate’ in Queer Spaces

January 5, 2016

Many of the groups which have been popular as safe expression points are now losing their consistency with the word ‘safe’. Hate speech is on the rise, disagreement is being met with strong criticism in impolite inarticulate ways

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How a Transgender Woman is Using Her Body to Make Art

December 14, 2015

Ratri is a transgender woman and has been using a digital camera, and the very background of her home to create art from her liberated body.

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Freshers’ Welcome at Kolkata’s Presidency University To Break Gender Binaries

November 2, 2015

Presidency University Students’ Union Council (PUSUC) has decided to do away with the titles of ‘Mr.’ and ‘Ms.’ Freshers during Freshers’ Welcome of the University and introduce an alternative of ‘Freshers 2015’

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How I Came Out.. To Myself

October 28, 2015

The only person I have ever had to come out to has been myself.

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#BringTheChange – How A Kolkata based Photographer is Creating Awareness about Domestic Violence

October 27, 2015

Suchandra Das, a professional photographer from Kolkata has started a campaign #BringTheChange, which tries to create awareness about Domestic violence, using a video.

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Transgender Harassed at Night by Goons in Kolkata as Police Refused to File FIR, This is What Had Transpired

October 26, 2015

Anurag, a young transgender woman, and her friends were travelling in a metro in Kolkata during Durga Puja celebrations, when insults were hurled at them by a group of boys in the metro. When they got out of the metro, a confrontation ensued, and Anurag and her friends were physically assaulted. They went to the police, but all in vain.

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Transgender Volunteers to Help Kolkata Police in Durga Puja Crowd and Traffic Management

October 10, 2015

The newly formed West Bengal Transgender Development Board has sent a proposal to both Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police to let volunteers from the trans... Read More...

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