Out! Stories from the New Queer India

Queer Ink gathered thirty short stories, from over 200 submissions, from established and emerging writers from across India and the diaspora, in the years after the Delhi High Court read down Section 377 in 2009. The stories move between villages and city centres, first confessions and long marriages, across caste, faith, class and work. The book closes with a conversation between the editor, publisher Shobhna S. Kumar, and the artists Nandita Das and Chitra Palekar about their work as allies.

1. Days of 377 PastDanish Sheikh
2. The InterventionFrank Krishner
3. The PawnTappy Tippy
4. I Feel the Need…the Need for SpeedShruthi Prabhu, as told to Dhamini Ratnam
5. Blank MirrorAshley Tellis
6. The Edge of Her WorldAnisha Sridhar
7. AththaiShridhar Sadasivan
8. A Cup Full of Jasmine OilSunny Singh
9. The Madras Miscellany, UneditedSrini Satya
10. A Small-Town GirlMilind Wani
11. HomecomingSree Mithra
12. Bargains with GodsSandip Roy
13. BirthstonesMary Anne Mohanraj
14. The ChoiceArun Mirchandani
15. Beyond the CurtainSarojini Sahoo
16. A Lipstick and a Pink Silk StoleGazal Dhaliwal
17. TexturesIshita
18. Crocodile TearsR. Raj Rao
19. She’s Like the WindJuthika Nagpal
20. Tia’s WarKama Spice
21. New DawnsKaruna Ezara Parikh
22. CuttingKrishna Divan
23. Twin NightsTania Bhattacharya
24. Of More Than InstinctIravi
25. Nimbooda, Nimbooda, NimboodaaaAshish Sawhny
26. StardustKarishma Kripalani
27. Ulrike and NevilleMeher Pestonji
28. Find MeSitara Sachdev
29. A Married ManDibyajyoti Sarma
30. A Queer Ink ConversationNandita Das and Chitra Palekar, with Minal Hajratwala and Shobhna S. Kumar