Pictured is Shanaya and Jal Tata I was a 23 year old, very American gal, who had just graduated college. I decided to take a trip to Bombay to visit my grandfather. After my grandmother had passed away a couple of years before, he stopped visiting us in the United States, determined to live out the rest of his years…
Gurleen Arora and Winnie Chopra, who run Thegaygazebombay, an initiative to share queer stories. Queer (adj) is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender. -“Queers Read This,” Queer Nation, 1990 If you do a quick google search on “The most watched categories of porn,” you’ll come across multiple curated lists. While…
If you’ve made it past the title, I encourage you to stay. Hear me out. We’re all guilty of glancing at ourselves in the mirror at every opportunity. Even though we physically see ourselves less than the people around us, you can probably dictate what you look like, pretty well. But do you know what your vulva looks like? To…
Graphic by: Nilam Digankar A reflection on how we treat domestic workers “ Didi, since you asked what I wanted as a gift, I’d love a new pair of shoes,” is how my conversation with Neha, my housekeeper, started. Diwali was coming up at the time and I was eager to buy her a useful gift. “The ones that I…
Model: Ami Yammi; Photography: @Raunaq Sikka; Team: @daghettoman; Mua: @mehekvirani; Styled by: @charusharma67 “I used to be Yogesh and I’m not ashamed of that,” says Nayantara, a trans woman who is a fashion blogger and history teacher. Assigned male at birth, coming out of the closet for Nayantara was quite the journey… that she is still on. If you identify…
Photographer: Raunaq Sikka; Model: @vogue.on.wings When COVID-19 took over our world, I was actually supposed to be on my honeymoon. I remember when my husband and I jokingly spoke about not making it to our romantic escapade, our first real break in years, when the first cases popped up in China. By March, it wasn’t so funny anymore. Needless to…
Imagine you’re at a point in your life that you’ve always wanted to be. Fiercely independent, free and completely in control. No one dictates what you do, you reign over all your own decisions, and all the years of hustling have finally paid off. You’re really enjoying this time with yourself and would prefer not to share this bliss with…
Tired of not fitting in? This one’s for you. It’s 2021. We have access to information that our predecessors could not have imagined. We have channels to connect with people from all walks of life and even around the world. Why are outdated social constructs still glorified? Think of all the quirky things that you love about the people around…
