Shormita Bose

Shormita Bose, is pursuing PhD in English literature from GLA University, Mathura. She has completed her M.A. & B.A. from University of Allahabad. She has contributed her research article in the edited book- Human Rights: Issues, Challenges and Present Status and also written an article in the anthology -Words That Stay Forever. Currently, she is working on her own edited book- Women and Queers: The Marginalized Gender.

January 20, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Prayagraj: First Ever Kinner Akhada in 2019 Ardh Kumbh

One of the highlights of the 2019 Ardh Kumbh Mela was the establishment of Kinner Akhada at the world’s largest fair, in the city. It was an attempt to...

January 13, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Curious Identity: The Intersex People

Shormita explains that intersex people are born with defective sex organs or mixed sexual organs or mixed chromosomes or hormonal imbalance within their body. An exclusive for Different Truths. Few...

January 6, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Do Sexual Preferences Change with Age?

Sexual preferences or orientation is fluid, reasons Shormita. The findings are startling. An exclusive for Different Truths. Sexual preference or orientation is a kind of romantic or physical attraction...

December 30, 2020
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Why are Gays Forced into Heterosexual Marriage?

Shormita examines the plight of gays who are forced into a heterosexual marriage, against their will and the various repercussions of such wedlock. An exclusive for Different Truths. Marriage...

December 23, 2020
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Non-Acceptance of Transgenders in the Middle East

Transgenders and other in-between gender preferences find no acceptance in most of the Middle East countries, informs Shormita. An exclusive for Different Truths. Gender binary plays a major role...

December 16, 2020
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Subalterns

Pride Month and the Corporate Sector

Pride month celebrations had been postponed to November due to the pandemic. The corporate sector in India and abroad is sensitising their employees and making workspace conducive to the...

December 9, 2020
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Transgenders, the Third Gender, Deserve Equality

Shormita discusses the deplorable condition of Transgenders and argues in favour of their equality, strengthened by the Supreme Court’s verdict in April 2014. An exclusive for Different Truths. Transgender...

December 2, 2020
Shormita Bose
Gender, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Subalterns

Will Transfeminism be a New Movement in India?

Transfeminism, a Spanish term, came into vogue in the late 1980s. During that period many feminist working group meetings called for the inclusion of trans women into feminist politics,...

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