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Nepal’s constitution protects sexual minorities. Most recently after a long struggle Nepal registered its first same sex marriage, something India ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 06:00
Though the plea to recognize same-sex marriage was quashed by the Indian Supreme Court, queer life continues to bloom in India in many different co...
- Added: Jan 08, 2024
- Length: 06:00
For 16 years Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey could not get married, but now they have the most important piece of paper in Nepal.
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- Added: Dec 05, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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At a time when June is celebrated as Pride month both in Kolkata and San Francisco, Sandip reflects on a what it took to reconcile both parts of on...
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 06:00
From the World Cup to Pride Parades, Kolkata is a city that loves to turn everything into a festival.
- Added: Dec 20, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Netflix’s new series Uncovered might be referred to as the gay “Sex in the City,” but Sandip Roy finds a reason why everyone can relate to it.
- Added: Sep 06, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Added: Jun 21, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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The South-Asian Queer activist Urvashi Vaid passed away on May 14th, but her influence remains.
- Added: May 17, 2022
- Length: 06:00
All over the world we denigrate the importance of the “pursuit of happiness.” It can be seen as selfish and we lead circumscribed lives in order t...
- Added: Oct 12, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.
- Added: Sep 21, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Nik Sharma's latest book is the Flavor Equation which breaks flavor down to its component parts - from mouthfeel to aroma, even sound.
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Anni discusses her dating etiquette related experiences and insights.
Anni self-identifies as a CIS-gender female who has fluid sexuality.
#lesbi...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 58:48
It was just two years ago that India Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, but the real hope for change might not lie in politics.
- Added: Aug 31, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy speaks with author and Afghan born American, vegan beefcake and most lovable teddy bear, Nemat Sadat.
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- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 06:00
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York.
But it also marks the 20th anniversary of the first Pride march in Kolkata...
- Added: Jun 28, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Now that the Indian Supreme Court has decriminalized homosexuality, the real battles begin. The battle over what is and isn’t “Indian."
- Added: Sep 17, 2018
- Length: 06:00
After 157 years, the Indian Supreme court ruled rules that gay sex is not a crime.
- Added: Sep 10, 2018
- Length: 06:00
The Indian Supreme Court began hearings on July 10 to decide whether Section 377 (which criminalizes homosexuality) of India's constitution violate...
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- Added: Jul 31, 2018
- Length: 06:00
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This year Sandip Roy sees a new side of queer life in India.
- Added: Jun 13, 2018
- Length: 06:00
In India the Supreme Court did not realize that when it recriminalized gay sex, society had come a long way. Like toothpaste it just cannot be pus...
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- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 06:00
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Many spaces are designated for either men or women: bathrooms, clothing stores, hair salons. But some people don’t subscribe to being a man or a wo...
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 08:01
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After 54 years, the soap opera "As The World Turns" has come to the end of its run. A passing worthy of note? Commentator Mark Blackmon thinks so. ...
- Added: Sep 09, 2010
- Length: 04:58
