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Aniruddhan Vasudevan is a performer, writer and activist from Chennai, India. He is passionate and vocal about issues around gender, sexuality, social justice, and human rights. Aniruddhan is a founder of The Shakti Resource Center, a non-profit set-up working to further the discourse on these issues. Writings in English - தமிழ் படைப்புகள்

Chennai: Summer of 2004

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Dec 25 2018 Post comment

Ani recalls the summer of 2004 and his first brush with Orinam.

Fiction: Enter My Dream

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan May 27 2013 3 Comments

A complex and passionate tale about gender, body, sex, love, life and dreams.

Human Chain Against Sexual Violence – 29 December, 4 pm, Elliots Beach

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Dec 25 2012 Post comment

We invite you to come to Besant Nagar Beach on 29th December at 4 pm to engage in a protest and conversation on sexual violence.

Report of LGBT writing workshop in Chennai: July 21-22, 2012

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Aug 10 2012 3 Comments

Report of the writing workshop organized by Vanavil Foundation in Chennai for members of the LGBT communities that was held on July 21 and 22, 2012, at the AICUF premises in Chennai.

Poem: Guilt

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Oct 8 2011 Post comment

Guilt, a poem by Aniruddhan Vasudevan

Poem: Absence of Walls

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Oct 8 2011 Post comment

A poem by Aniruddhan Vasudevan

Queering (my) Bharatanatyam

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Oct 8 2009 Post comment

After the concert when I went to do my pranaams to Ma, her foster son remarked to her in Bangla, Ma! Look at this child! What bhakti! She looked into my eyes while she answered him, No! It is more than Bhakti. I was glad someone understood it and my eyes went watery.

From Academia to America

By Aniruddhan Vasudevan Oct 18 2007 Post comment

Despite the existence of desi queer collectives and communities here in DC, the responses and reactions of many Americans (both white and black people) to the visible presence of a queer person coming from India (me, in this case) have been a wee bit strange for me.