Sunil Gupta’s Portrait Party
The photographer revisits documenting gay love in India, and consent in photography.
Fariha Róisín
The Whitefying of Queerness
What it means to rarely see yourself depicted, and to be told that who you are is a product of the West.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali Maestro
An ode to the singer who crossed borders and religions.
A Good Talk with Mira Jacob
How critically acclaimed writer Mira Jacob talks about race with her son, and her community.
The Not-so Model Minority
How ‘model minority’ became a definition to create the one-size-fits-all Asian American.
How Tanwi Nandini Islam AKA Tanaïs Hones the Craft
From evocative perfume and lipstick line Hi Wildflower, to her debut novel Bright Lines, to a new book in the works, Tanaïs is uncategorizable — a multi-disciplinary artist through and through.
Body Dysmorphia in the Time of Ramadan
Ramadan is rife with majesty and spiritual cleansing. Yet, it requires facing one's body.
Falguni Pathak, Dandiya Queen
Her understanding of desirability is a queer manifesto: she gives women what men can’t, or won’t.
The Journey of a Young Cardamom into Mr. Cardamom
How a young brown rapper found his Nani, and his name.
Re-Examining Freddie Mercury
What led to the erasure of Farrokh Bulsara's Brownness?
‘Mississippi Masala’: To the Wisdom of the In-Between
The iconic Mira Nair film is as much about the love between Demetrius and Mina, as it is about the love between Jay and Uganda.