Chennai: Summer of 2004
Ani recalls the summer of 2004 and his first brush with Orinam.
Fiction: Enter My Dream
A complex and passionate tale about gender, body, sex, love, life and dreams.
Human Chain Against Sexual Violence – 29 December, 4 pm, Elliots Beach
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
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
Guilt, a poem by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
Poem: Absence of Walls
A poem by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
Queering (my) Bharatanatyam
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
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.
Game’s Up
It is very unfortunate that the first, open representation of homosexuality in Tamil movies should happen this way, writes Aniruddhan Vasudevan
Aniruddhan’s Coming Out Story
Aniruddhan talks about his attraction to men in this story.