Kerala Museum hosts gFest, a travelling festival that brings together gender-related art and artists

Kerala Museum hosts gFest, a travelling festival that brings together gender-related art and artists

Gender and art intersect at Kochi gFest, a travelling ‘festival’ that brings together artists and the arts, across practices, at the Kerala Museum. It aims at initiating a dialogue about art, gender and diverse, related perspectives and preoccupations. As part of the fest, an art show, a series of series of talks, panel discussions, interactive […]

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Are you ready for the Cyrus Broacha Academy Awards?

Are you ready for the Cyrus Broacha Academy Awards?

Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi Folks, you won’t believe it. I’m scared to tell you. Okay, since you insist, I’ll tell you, just to avoid you from throwing a tantrum. Here it is — I’m in pain, excruciating pain, but I’m still writing the column. That’s different from you being in excruciating pain […]

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Society Barks, a short film directed by Vighnesh A Bhaskar, aims at creating awareness about child abuse

Society Barks, a short film directed by Vighnesh A Bhaskar, aims at creating awareness about child abuse

 Vighnesh A Bhaskar | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Wearing jewels, lipstick and a sari and sporting scarlet nails, the protagonist defiantly stares back at the camera. For 24-year-old Muhammed Asif Cherachen, an androgynous model, it was cathartic to talk about his decision to be the master of his identity. Vighnesh A Bhaskar’s nine-minute-film, Society Barks, […]

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Cyrus Broacha explains why men thought of the concept of marriage

Cyrus Broacha explains why men thought of the concept of marriage

Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi People, I’m going to have to say it again. Oh, and that’s because you just won’t listen. All articles, pieces of writing, in fact all stories should have a purpose. Some are done to educate and enlighten, some move and shake society in order to bring out a […]

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Children’s books illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty are addressing themes like discrimination and climate change sensitively

Children’s books illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty are addressing themes like discrimination and climate change sensitively

Illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty tackle gender, racism, climate change, discrimination and more in their books, proving not all ‘woke’ books are contentious Illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty tackle gender, racism, climate change, discrimination and more in their books, proving not all ‘woke’ books are contentious As a writer of children’s […]

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Mumbai/Skirt, pants or ‘skorts’: Students of this school can choose their uniform, gender no bar

Mumbai/Skirt, pants or ‘skorts’: Students of this school can choose their uniform, gender no bar

A male-at-birth child may choose to wear a skirt as his uniform if he so desires, says the Aditya Birla World Academy A male-at-birth child may choose to wear a skirt as his uniform if he so desires, says the Aditya Birla World Academy Among my fondest memories of school is having the hem of […]

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