In a world where only the loudest and most powerful voices get heard, the preservation of historical documents give voice to the unrepresented
Pawan Dhall
Pawan Dhall is a Kolkata-based queer activist, archivist, researcher and writer. He was a founding member of Counsel Club, Kolkata (1993-2002), among India’s earliest queer support groups, and edited its house journal Pravartak. He worked with SAATHII from 2002-14 on universal access to health and social justice. He is now associated with the gender and sexuality non-profit Varta Trust as Founding Trustee. His latest publications include Queer Potli: Memories, Imaginations and Re-imaginations of Urban Queer Spaces in India (Queer Ink, 2019) and Out of Line and Offline: Queer Mobilizations in ‘90s Eastern India (Seagull Books, 2020). Beyond work, his passions lie in baking, badminton and bird watching.
In a city known for its unconventionality, these three queer Kolkata artists manage to stand out
A filmmaker, a poet and a visual artist—each embodies the bohemian soul of West Bengal