Yaraana: Gay Writing from South Asia

These are not pieces written out of literary ambition or to simply explore an appealing idea or concept these are pieces that had to be written that demanded to be created that leaped up and caught their authors by the throats and said write me over and over again until it was done Ashok Banker An exploration of gay identity in South Asia. From Ashok Row Kavi s autobiographical piece on growing up gay in Bombay to Vikram Seth s brilliantly etched account of a homosexual relationship in The Golde...See More