On this episode of Keeping it Queer, author Devdutt Pattanaik joins Navin to have an in-depth discussion about:

• How he was first introduced to Indian mythology.
• How people don't read enough history before interpreting religion.
• How India's greatest monk wrote the best book on erotica.
• How he was exposed to all kinds of cultures as a child in the Pre-Hindutva era.

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad and Navin take an in-depth at the new film 'Love, Simon' and the issues surrounding it.

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This week, we meet Ankit Dasgupta, who manages social media content for Mirror Now, a reputed news channel.

• How he first came out to his mom.

• What's it like to be openly gay in a massive news channel.

• What was it like to be a part of Flash Mob.

• Why news debates are necessary, but in a controlled manner.

On the Culture Vulture segment of the show, Farhad and Navin talk about their childhood crushes and recommend some cool reboots.

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This week on Keeping it Queer, Navin talks to Danish Sheikh, a human rights lawyer who is taking the fight against Section 377 beyond the courtroom and onto the stage, with his latest theatre production, Contempt.

He talks to us about the idea behind the play and why he believes that tapping into the anger the queer population in India feels is necessary to challenge the authorities.

On the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad and Navin delve deep into their sexting habits and discuss a film that has sexting in the center of a controversy. Check out IVM Likes feat. Farhad here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/ivm-likes-episode-list/2018/5/14/ep-69-eroticast

You can find tickets for the play here: https://www.oddbird.org/event/reserve/contempt

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This week on Keeping it Queer, Navin talks to Praful Baweja, co-founder of Six Degrees, a growth network for Indian LGBTQ++ individuals to meet; connect; recruit; share skills; leads; referrals and empower each other. He opens up about: - His fascination with books from an early age. - Being there when the Mumbai Pride first started. - Why he feels it's okay to move on to curation of other events for the queer communities. - How the allies are coming out in support of the community.

On the Cultrue Vulture segment, Farhad and Navin discuss queer stand-up comedians, who are using jokes to get the stories of their struggles out there.

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On this episode of Keeping it Queer, Navin is joined by filmmaker Pradipta Ray, who talks about the confusion over her name, what it was like to identify as trans in a culturally affluent household, her grandfather's erotica collection and why Hindi films have contributed a lot to the constant fears women live with.

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad and Navin talk about coping with loss, and two films that portray that queer characters dealing with tragedy.

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This week on Keeping it Queer, we are joined by Anuja Parikh and Rupa Sengupta, an out and proud lesbian couple responsible for the new venture, Parched. They talk about how they hope to create safe spaces for the queer community and its allies. They also delve deep into weird tinder dates, the L word and dealing with family at parties and stalkers on Instagram.

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad talks about the cutest bromances in TV shows and films.

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This week on Keeping it Queer, we focus on the upcoming KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. And to talk about it, we have Sridhar Rangayan and Shibu Thomas from the KASHISH team joining Navin in the studio. They discuss the joys and difficulties of putting a film festival together, the waves the films have created in India and abroad, and also touch upon the weirdest question people ask queer folks.

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad talks about a film that showcases a coming-of-age story of a young gay man.

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This week on Keeping it Queer, we met Shobhna S Kumar, founder of QueerInk.com. She talks about how love convinced her to make Mumbai her home, her fascination with books and the role literature, films and the arts play in helping queer artists and their admirers throughout the world cope with the anxiety of coming out of the closet.

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad and Navin delve deep into the wonderful new reboot of Queer Eye.

You can talk to Shobhna here: [email protected] Check out her work on the Queer Ink Website: http://queer-ink.com/

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This week on Keeping it Queer, we meet Deb and Ankit, two young gay men who found love in each other. Joining them in the studio is Deb's mother Arundhati, who talks about how she always knew her son was gay and also dishes out some secrets!

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad and Navin talk about evolution of Queer themes in the Hindi film industry.

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On this episode of Keeping it Queer, we are honored to be joined by Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, a role model for several queer people in India. Navin talks to him about what it was like for him to come out as gay despite being from a royal family, what he thinks of heritage and a lineage, and also drops an X-Men reference.

In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad tells Navin about the resurgence of aesthetic porn.

Watch the short NDTV Documentary, Married in Public, Gay in Private here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gei7JgOM9I

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