Cover Stories

Simple Simplicity

Nandini Nair

The aesthetics of the austere

The Ultimate Male Model

Kaveree Bamzai

The anatomy of a pop culture icon

In a historic show of solidarity, a group of nuns in Kerala has forced the church and the state to finally act against a bishop who had allegedly raped one of them. V Shoba in Kochi listens to the sisters who dared

A Prayer for My Sister

KR Meera

She lives in a cloistered world of silence and submission. Endurance is her supreme prayer. She is out there on the street today, demanding justice for the one who has allegedly been raped by a bishop. Pitted against a patriarchal church and an indifferent state, a nun’s life is a lone battle. And it all returns to her body

India 2018: A Love Story

Lhendup G Bhutia

The lives and loves of Indian gay couples after the freedom verdict

How to Conduct a Same-Sex Wedding Based on Indian Rituals

Devdutt Pattnaik

Customised rituals for a same-sex wedding

Comfort In Anonymity

V Shoba

For socially and economically disadvantaged queers in conservative Chennai, the quest for personal freedom and dignity does not end with the judgment on Section 377

What’s Next in Assam?

Siddharth Singh

The overwhelming demand for updating the National Register of Citizens represents an almost Darwinian struggle of a people to preserve their identity. A journey through the fault lines of Assam