Gay Indian writer Shaleen Rakesh releases ‘The Lion and the Antler’

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…

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Gay writing in India: a first collection of queer poems by Shaleen Rakesh

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…

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