Category: Speakers2024

Faraz Arif Ansari is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker. Their first film, Sisak—India’s first silent LGBTQ love story—set a milestone for Indian cinema as the first Indian film to win 59 …

Eric Chopra is the founder of Itihāsology, a writer, speaker, curator, and podcaster with a focus on the histories of art, aesthetics, monuments, emotions, sexuality, and the otherworldly. He leads …

Edythe (they/he) is a queer trans poet and filmmaker based in Delhi, originally from Lucknow. Their work explores themes of trauma, queerness, gender, and grief. Edythe’s debut project, Change For …

Douce Dibondo is an essayist, poet, and performer. Through the exploration of writing as spirit, she delves into themes of Blackness intertwined with queerness, feminism, ancestry, and decoloniality. Her work …

Marathi writer, poet and activist Disha Pinki Shaikh is the recipient of the Rutvij Kalsekar Poetry Award. In 2019 she was appointed the spokesperson for the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, a …

Dhrubo Jyoti is a journalist and writer based in New Delhi, India. They are senior editor at Hindustan Times, overseeing news operations and writing on national affairs at the intersection …

Dr. Dhiren Borisa is a Dalit queer activist, poet, and urban sexual geographer, currently serving as an Assistant Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. An Urban Studies International Fellow …

Dharmesh (he/they) is a queer poet, translator, facilitator, and activist from Allahabad. They co-founded a queer support group in Allahabad and currently serve as the Program Lead at India Fellow. …

David Ledain is a UK-based author of gay male non-fiction, who shares the stories of gay men through compelling and honest interviews. His first book, Gay Dad, now in its …

Chirag Thakkar is a writer and publisher based in Delhi with close to a decade’s experience in the industry. He publishes some of the finest Indian nonfiction and fiction at …