Interviews & Quotes

Television, Video Interviews and Podcasts

NDTV, We, The People, Mind Your Language: Supreme Court Leads The Way, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-RG4TJgtIU
News X, Discussion on the Marriage Equality JUdgement, https://twitter.com/newsx/status/1714273439383740452?s=48&t=zVpnYA4YYT5k-lg1oPcwfQ
BBC World Radio Service, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYeZ9opdPxg
"Log Bahut Ajeeb Nazro Se Dekhte Hai" | How The Queer Community Is Fighting For Social Acceptance, Documentary for the Mojo Story, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Z_uy6lrCk&t=1392s.
Imagined Tomorrow, Podcast with Shreya Dasgupta on Can we see jury trials in India again? https://open.spotify.com/episode/204HZZUfj22qBoINrvsKRT.
The Queer Column: Podcast Discussion with Rohin Bhatt, The Law School Policy Review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ezecL3yv5s.
Queer Without Fear- Talked about queerness in India, the legal journey around S.377, and my own queerness for News9Live, a OTT News Platform. https://www.news9plus.com/shortvideo/queer-without-fear
Bioethics: Are We on The Right Path- Interview with Dr. Binay Panda, D.Phil., JNU on Bioethics in India and where it is headed with a detailed discussion on the Indian Constitution as a bioethical document Roe v. Wade, and bioethics of abortion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9B_pEFibU4&t=1s.
Stories of EWB with EAR Pragati Sureka.
- Part 1:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9szUpwFBzY
- Part 2:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnw7BDBLOSA

Media Interviews

Bakhsh, Zenaira. “Activists Celebrate as NMC Junks “Homophobic” Revisions to MBBS Curriculum. “Pressure on Govt Works.”” The Print, 6 Sept. 2024, theprint.in/health/activists-celebrate-as-nmc-junks-homophobic-revisions-to-mbbs-curriculum-pressure-on-govt-works/2255833/.
Ramakrishnan, Manoj. “Finance Ministry Confirms Queer Couples Can Open Joint Bank Accounts; Activists Raise Pinkwashing Concerns.” Free Press Journal, Free Press Journal, 30 Aug. 2024, www.freepressjournal.in/india/finance-ministry-confirms-queer-couples-can-open-joint-bank-accounts-activists-raise-pinkwashing-concerns.
Rangnekar, Sharif. “Interview: Queer Movement Has Rethinking to Do amid Fractures of Caste, Religion but Must Draw Lines.” Scroll.in, Scroll.in, 9 Aug. 2024, scroll.in/article/1071341/interview-queer-movement-has-rethinking-to-do-amid-fractures-of-caste-religion-but-must-draw-lines.
Kolvankar, Ojas. “Pride Month 2024: 5 Young LGBTQIA+ Change-Makers on GQ India’s Radar.” GQ India, GQ India, 18 June 2024, www.gqindia.com/content/pride-month-2024-5-young-lgbtqia-change-makers-on-gq-indias-radar.
Ellis-Peterson, Hannah. “India’s Supreme Court Declines to Legally Recognise Same-Sex Marriage.” The Guardian, 17 Oct. 2023, amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/17/india-same-sex-gay-marriage-supreme-court-decision-verdict.
Salerno, Rob. “Queer Indians Vow to Continue Fighting after Supreme Court Denies Same-Sex Marriage | Xtra Magazine.” Xtra Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023, xtramagazine.com/power/politics/india-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-258432.
Sharma, Saurabh. “Marriage Equality Verdict Disappointing but Unsurprising: Rohin Bhatt and Saurav Das.” Moneycontrol, 17 Oct. 2023, www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/marriage-equality-verdict-disappointing-but-unsurprising-rohin-bhatt-and-saurav-das-11549961.html.
Dhar, Damayantee. “Disheartened, but Fight Goes On: Queer Lawyer-Activist Rohin Bhatt on SC Verdict.” The Federal, 17 Oct. 2023, thefederal.com/category/news/disheartened-but-fight-goes-on-queer-lawyer-activist-rohin-bhatt-on-sc-verdict-98760.
Fatheema, Afeeza. “"Reservaton Is Not Charity”: Activists Slam Govt’s Denial of Transgender Reservation.” The News Minute, 31 July 2023, www.thenewsminute.com/article/reservaton-not-charity-activists-slam-govt-s-denial-transgender-reservation-180457.
Ray, Rohini. "'Dangerous': Why Queer Couples Want The 30-Day Marriage Notice Provision To Go", The Quint, 24 June 2023, https://www.thequint.com/news/law/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-special-marriage-act-30-day-act-notice-requirement-analysis-latest-update.
Mistry, Sonali. "Gay Abandoned", Ahmedabad Mirror, 15 May 2023, https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/world-family-day/81856380.html.
Mohanty, Aishwarya. “How Familial Hostility, Binary Laws Hinder Property Rights of Transgender Persons.” Behan Box, 4 May 2023, behanbox.com/2023/05/05/how-familial-hostility-binary-laws-hinder-property-rights-of-transgender-persons/.
Kumar, Akanksha. ““Not Derived from West”: Trans Men from Villages on Govt’s “Urban Elitist” Claim.” Newslaundry, 5 May 20203, www.newslaundry.com/2023/05/05/not-derived-from-west-trans-men-from-villages-on-govts-urban-elitist-claim.
Jain, Nikita. “India’s LGBTQIA+ Community Hopes for a Happily Ever.” The Citizen, 16 Apr. 2023, www.thecitizen.in/gender/indias-lgbtqia-community-hopes-for-a-happily-ever-897789.
Dastidar, Riddhi. “Why Is Same-Sex Marriage a Wrong Term? This Is What the Petitioners Say | BOOM.” Boom Live, 25 Apr. 2023, www.boomlive.in/explainers/same-sex-marriage-wrong-term-what-is-a-marriage-equality-petition-in-India-21762.
Pal, Sumedha. “Demanding Dignity: Decoding the Legal Movement for Horizontal Reservations.” Feminism in India, 25 Apr. 2023, feminisminindia.com/2023/04/25/the-legal-movement-for-horizontal-reservations/
Dutta, Alisha. “No Scientific Data to Oppose Same-Sex Marriage, Says Indian Psychiatric Society.” The Hindu, 9 Apr. 2023, www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-psychiatric-society-says-that-there-is-no-scientific-reasoning-to-prove-lgbtqia-individuals-cannot-be-good-parents/article66718128.ece/amp/.
The Leaflet. “Honesty about Sexual Orientation a Plus, Says SC Collegium, Reiterating Saurabh Kirpal’s Elevation to the Delhi High Court Bench – the Leaflet.” The Leaflet, 19 Jan. 2023, theleaflet.in/honesty-about-sexual-orientation-a-plus-says-sc-collegium-reiterating-saurabh-kirpals-elevation-to-the-delhi-high-court-bench/.
Rajesh, Anoushka. “Lessons from the AIIMS Cyber Attack: Is India Ready to Digitise Healthcare?” The Quint, 14 Dec. 2022, www.thequint.com/fit/aiims-ayushman-bharat-digital-mission-health-data.
Khandelwal, Omkar. “It Is Still No-Entry for Queers in Indian Judiciary.” The Morning Context, themorningcontext.com/chaos/it-is-still-no-entry-for-queers-in-indian-judiciary.
Chetana Belagere, ‘What Is Two-Finger Test? Why Has the Supreme Court Spoken about It?’ The South First, 31 October 2022, <https://www.thesouthfirst.com/featured/what-is-two-finger-test-why-has-the-supreme-court-banned-it/>.
Singh, Kanishka. “Why Surrogates Are Still Passive Deliverers of Service, with Few Rights.” BehanBox, 22 Sept. 2022, behanbox.com/2022/09/22/why-surrogates-are-still-passive-deliverers-of-service-with-few-rights/. Accessed 1 Oct. 2022.
Singh, Kanishka. “Why Courts Must Stop Fixating on the “Modesty” of Survivors of Sexual Violence.” BehanBox, 15 Sept. 2022, behanbox.com/2022/09/15/why-courts-must-stop-fixating-on-the-modesty-of-survivors-of-sexual-violence/. Accessed 19 Sept. 2022.
Bhandare, Namita. “THE BIG STORY: Modern Family.” Hindustan Times, 3 Sept. 2022, http://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-newsletter/htmindthegap04092022.html.
Datta, Sayantan, and Pushpesh Kumar. “Ethical Concerns Haunt Doctor’s Plan to Transplant Uterus in a Trans Woman – the Wire Science.” The Wire Science, The Wire, 25 May 2022, https://www.science.thewire.in/the-sciences/narendra-kaushik-uterine-transplant-ethics-indian-law/.
Anmol Arora, Indian Judiciary’s Lack Of Representation Is A Problem For Queer Inclusion, Article 14 Live, 23rd June 2021.

https://www.article-14.com/post/untitled-60d2b067292d6.
Chintan Girish Modi, “Road to Sec 377 Ruling: How Response to AIDS Epidemic Helped Catalyse Queer Organising in India” (NEWS9 Live September 6, 2021)
<https://www.news9live.com/india/road-to-sec-377-ruling-how-response-to-aids-epidemic-helped-catalyse-queer-organising-in-india-82277.html>.
Gawande, Anish. “How Schools Constantly End up Failing Queer Kids - Times of India.” The Times of India, 8 Mar. 2022, timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-schools-constantly-end-up-failing-queer-kids/articleshow/89979242.cms?from=mdr.