Gays celebrate New Year in Goa

Hundreds of homosexuals from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa thronged a secluded place in this port town to revel in festivities to usher in the New Year. The......

Transgenders march 'free' on Mumbai roads

August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai witnessed a different sort of kranti (revolution) on Saturday. To voice their fears and show their unity, the sexually-marginalized section of the society took out a......

Intervention with male sex workers to be scaled up

With an estimated 2.3 million homosexuals and another 2.35 lakh male sex workers, the government is planning to scale up its intervention with this "hidden population" to reduce their exposure to......

'Yoga helped many accept their sexual orientation'

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's statement that homosexuality is a 'disease' for which he has a 'cure', is being criticised by experts and yoga practitioners. Ramdev has approached the Supreme Court......

The Pakistan that India loves!

The ordinary life lived in Pakistan is now a part of the Indian imagination thanks to the popularity of Pakistani television serials in India, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. Image: Mahira Khan,......