Sunday Mid-Day

Death of a student

An IIT-B student died by suicide last week. The reason why is not so easy to zero in on. Unfortunately, amid intense competition and pressure, the youth of India is losing hope about their future.

(Left and right) Shadows of Peace by Masood Hussain

Can you see them now? Why these Indian artists are making art to be 'seen'

Rendered invisible by the recent Trans Act amendment, queer artists are only more inspired to make art in the hope that they will be ‘seen’. Elsewhere, Kashmiri and Manipuri artists are mounting shows with the same hope

Updated 6 days ago

A lithographic print from 1832 titled Une Nautch, depicting a “nautch girl” in Bengal being viewed by British officers and “memsahibs”. Pics/Wikimedia Commons

How syphilis marred British Raj’s racial supremacy card

Few diseases had as humiliating an impact on the Raj’s legacy as syphilis, which laid bare an embarrassing truth: the self-proclaimed ‘superior’ colonisers just couldn’t keep it in their pants. Excerpts from a new book by Ipshita Nath

Updated 6 days ago

The House Of Sway has become famous for their Lavani performance

How this LGBTQIA+ dance group is celebrating Lavani with a unique show

House of Sway is a queer and trans-inclusive dancing group whose Lavani performance has landed them on the stage of one of the city’s biggest queer shows held by Gay Bombay

Updated 6 days ago