Preface Acknowledgements Queering India Introduction Book I: Book of the Self — Introduction 1. Subterranean Sex in the Subcontinent: Is Homosexuality ‘Indian’? (Personal Essay) Appendices : (a) Homosexual/ Dalit Literature (b) Transforming Pedagogies: (c) Gays with Critical Disability Book II: Book of the World — Introduction 2. Indian Narrativity: Fiction, Film, Theatre 3. Urdu Gay Literature: Poetry 4. Hindi Gay Literature 5. Gay Theatre 6. Gay Films Appendices (a) The Eunuch Festival of Aaravan (b) Transsexual Hosts on TV Talkshows (c) The Pakistan Poet as Eunuch: Ifti Nasim (d) Gender-fuck in Namdeo Dhasal’s ‘Gandu Baghicha’ (e) Jameela Nishat: Muse as Poet (f) Rukmini Bhaya Nair’s ‘Hermaphrodite’ (g) Satish Alekar’s Begum Barve Book III Book of the Soul — Introduction 7. Sultan Padamsee: A Pioneer Gay Poet? 8. The Strange Case of Jehangir Bhownagary (1921–2004) 9. Adil Jussawalla and R. Raj Rao: The Politics of the Avant-Garde 10. Agha Shahid Ali’s Gay Nation 11. The Anxiety of Coming Out: Vikram Seth 12. Suniti Namjoshi 13. Dinyar Godrej and Ian Iqbal Rashid 14. The Art of Bhupen Khakhar Afterword: My Poetry Postscript: A Note on the Structure of this Book
Biography
Hoshang Merchant is Professor, Department of English, University of Hyderabad, India.
