Other essays in this part critically analyze law, psychiatry, cinema, and sexuality itself, all from a queer perspective. A term that finds repeated reference in the book. In the first part, of particular significance is Nivedita Menon’s explanation of compulsory heterosexuality. The third part is a collection of personal narratives. A lot of which later resurfaces as illustrations in stories of struggle– in the second part. The first sets out conceptual approaches to sexuality as a form of politics. The 278 pages long book is divided into 27 essays, arranged in three different parts.
But there is a clear pattern to the book. It offers a preliminary understanding and an open-ended illustrative list of who queer people might be: Hijras, Kothis, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons, and more.Įach essay could be read as a stand-alone piece – randomly – minus the sequential order. The introduction to the book admits that, in India the word ‘queer’ is not yet commonly used. It lends voice to 27 writers, as they articulate their thoughts, and share their unique personal experience of activism and of being queer. Appropriately titled, Because I have a Voice attempts to break that silence. More so, when it comes to sexuality which is engulfed by silence. India as such offers enough challenge to the discipline of social science. By Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan (Eds.), Yoda Press, New Delhi, 2005.
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