#26: Indian Culture and Queer Studies with Akanksha Barthwal
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Welcome back to season 2, and we are starting things off with an amazing conversation with Akanksha, where we spoke about how the Indian culture is often stigmatized today because of their sexuality and the queer community is something underrated.
Akanksha Barthwal is currently a visiting faculty at Doon University, Dehradun. She is a poet and writes for The Taj Mahal Review, her recently published poetry is I Remember. She is an active member of Poetry Soup which is an online forum for poets writing from across the globe. Miss Barthwal is a passionate individual who is deeply indulged in the world of Literature. She is a post-graduate in English Literature and a graduate in German Honours. She also has many research papers published under her name. She loves to explore the deep and tranquil world of literature. Miss Barthwal is looking forward to a PhD degree which she currently aspires to do. The areas of her research and interest are Indian Writing in English, Literary Theory and Criticism, British Poetry and Drama, Feminist Literary Theory, and Gender Studies.
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