Episode Number: 268

The Dark History Of LGBTQ Desire In India | Sindhu Rajasekaran | Ep 268 | The Mohua Show

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About This Podcast

This episode of The Mohua Show explores queerness, colonial morality, and the politics of desire in India.
Academic and author Sindhu Rajasekaran (Forbidden Desire) speaks about growing up queer under Section 377, erased queer histories, Victorian ideas of modesty, and how colonial rule reshaped gender and sexuality in India.

A powerful conversation on queer feminism, postcolonial amnesia, and reclaiming desire to imagine freer futures.

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Episode Timeline

  • : Intro — Growing up queer in India
  • : Section 377 and criminalised love
  • : Queer histories in Indian archives
  • : Lock hospitals and sexual prisons
  • : Smashing the patriarchy
  • : Gen Z and the feminist shift
  • : Visual storytelling and representation
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