NEW DELHI, — At an event at the Akshara Theatre in New Delhi Jan. 8, Shaleen Rakesh released the book at a quiet function with family and close friends. “Today is specially chosen as the day to release the book since it’s my father’s birthday,” said Shaleen Rakesh, the son of celebrated Hindi writer, Mohan Rakesh. The book is…
NEW DELHI — At a time when queer rights are being debated vociferously in the media, Shaleen Rakesh, a poet based in New Delhi, India is set to release his first collection of queer poetry The Lion and the Antler in January 2014. Rakesh lives with the memory of creation and destruction, as forces he has…
In a move that reflects both the region’s progress on LGBT acceptance and the mainstreaming of our histories in public museums, the Missouri History Museum has announced its first collection of LGBT artifacts, according to the online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Sometimes things are happening right before our very eyes,” said museum curator…
