Yaraana: Gay Writing from South Asia (1999)

by Hoshang Merchant (Editor)

Other authors: Agha Shahid Ali (Contributor), S. Anand (Contributor), Shibram Chakrabarti (Contributor), Mahesh Dattani (Contributor), Belinder Dhanoa (Contributor) — 23 more, Namdeo Dhasal (Contributor), Madhav G Gawankar (Contributor), Dinyar Godrej (Contributor), Firaq Gorakhpuri (Contributor), Adil Jusswalla (Contributor), Ajay K.C. (Contributor), Kamleshwar (Contributor), Firdaus Kanga (Contributor), Ashok Row Kavi (Contributor), Bhupen Khakhar (Contributor), Owais Khan (Contributor), Vishnu Khandekar (Contributor), Frank Krishner (Contributor), Iqbal Mateen (Contributor), Manoj Nair (Contributor), Iftikhar Naseem (Contributor), Sultan Padamsee (Contributor), R. Raj Rao (Contributor), Ian Iqbal Rashid (Contributor), Rakesh Ratti (Contributor), Shyam Selvadurai (Contributor), Vikram Seth (Contributor), Gyansingh Shatir (Contributor)

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This collection of writing explains what it means to be gay in South Asia, and features writers such as Sultan Padamsee, R. Raj Rao, Adil Jussawalla and Dinyar Godrej.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Merchant, Hoshang	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Ali, Agha Shahid	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anand, S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chakrabarti, Shibram	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dattani, Mahesh	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dhanoa, Belinder	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dhasal, Namdeo	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gawankar, Madhav G	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Godrej, Dinyar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gorakhpuri, Firaq	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jusswalla, Adil	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
K.C., Ajay	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kamleshwar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kanga, Firdaus	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kavi, Ashok Row	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Khakhar, Bhupen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Khan, Owais	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Khandekar, Vishnu	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Krishner, Frank	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mateen, Iqbal	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nair, Manoj	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Naseem, Iftikhar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Padamsee, Sultan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rao, R. Raj	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rashid, Ian Iqbal	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ratti, Rakesh	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Selvadurai, Shyam	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Seth, Vikram	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shatir, Gyansingh	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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1999

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Bombay, India

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"To my lovers past present and future.To the past ones for our ignorance. To the present ones for our struggle. To the future ones in the hope that a new Indian male will birth."

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Look at your face in the mirror, friend. After our reunion it shines twice as bright. I am besotted with the scent of his words. His each word brings the scent of his lips.

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The family - and the world - had to accept Ashok Row Kavi, complete with his homosexuality. Or nothing at all.

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This collection of writing explains what it means to be gay in South Asia, and features writers such as Sultan Padamsee, R. Raj Rao, Adil Jussawalla and Dinyar Godrej.

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