Picture Books and Coming-of-age Stories

As research on transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth becomes increasingly prevalent in litera...

WHO lauds Global Partnership to Stop Leprosy; will help renew efforts for zero leprosy

New Delhi, 27 January 2018 – Welcoming the launch of the ‘Global Partnership to Stop Leprosy’, the World Health Organizati...

Electric Women

What if the gender equation were to be reversed so that women could not just defend themselves against violent males but also overpower them...

Power of Imagination

There is no limit to where the imagination can go, and some the best children’s books encourage this ability. As people grow up, reali...

In Honour of Fearless Nadia

The year was late 1930s. The world saw the emerging of fictional superheroes and cinema was entering the fantasy world. The names of the cap...

Boys for Sale: An Intriguing Documentary about Gay Prostitution in Japan

“If you’d never experienced this, it would be hard to understand.”

That’s the first line of Boys for Sale, a documentary that had its North ...

The Writing is on the Wall

The year 2017 will go down in the history of the media and entertainment industries of the world as one, which was the most disruptive ever....

“Care for Yourself”, Singer Shamir Bailey opens up about his Mental Illness

Shamir Bailey, American singer, and songwriter from Las Vegas, Nevada speaks openly about mental health issues and considers it normal. He almost quit music six months ago....

Of Queer Crooners

Every artistic creation is always a reaction to, and a direct product of the time it is made in; simultaneously being a comment on, and of the era. The same is true for the...