The Real Ramrajya
While Ram includes hijras into his Ayodhya, does the republic of India? Hijras see themselves as a third gender, but do their passports say so? Why do we want to force them into one gender or another?
Krishna
Krishna, The Girl
The mood that Krishna evokes with this feminine adornment is one of love and affection and play, a breakaway from the rigidity of those who control and comment on society today.
Queer Sexuality and Indian Culture
Does the human mind have the empathy to include gender and sexual ambiguity in civil human society?
On Krishna’s Chariot Stands Shikhandi
Shikhandi embodies all queer people – from gays to lesbians to Hijras to transgendered people to hermaphrodites to bisexuals. Like their stories, his story remains invisible.