Day: May 23, 2020

India’s Regressive Policies on Transgender Rights

May 23, 2020.Reading time 20 minutes.

– Samarah Mamaji The transgender rights movement in India has had a rather rocky trajectory.  The 2014  Indian supreme court judgement, the NALSA judgement, that recognised transgender as a third gender for the first time, was a major impetus to the creation of codified rights for the transgender community. The government in 2016 introduced its […]

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TheVibe’s Lockdown Music Roundup

May 23, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

The nationwide lockdown announced on the 24th of March, 2020, in the face of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak has seen millions of Indians locked away at home for almost two months. This period of stillness has seen amateur cooks turned chefs, fitness enthusiasts in the guise of personal trainers, and millions upon millions of Indians […]

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