1st Rainbow Awards explained

Awardname:1st Rainbow Awards
Presenter:Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation
Country:India
Venue:Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi
Main:Rainbow Awards
Next:2nd

The 1st Rainbow Awards ceremony was held at Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi on 10 December 2023. It celebrated writers from 1 January 2022 and journalists from 1 June 2022, both until 31 May 2023.[1]

Jury

The nine-member jury composed of following members evaluated the submissions and decide on the award winners. Rohin Bhatt, queer rights activist, lawyer and bioethicist, served as a co-coordinator.[2]

Winners and nominees

Lifetime Achievement Award

Hoshang Merchant, a Hyderabad-based poet and professor best known for his anthology Yaraana, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.[3]

Literature

  • Footprints of a Queer History: Life-stories from Gujarat by Maya Sharma[7] (Yoda Press)
    • I Am Onir and I am Gay by Onir with Irene Dhar Malik[8] (Penguin Random House)
    • Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India by K Vaishali[9] (Simon & Schuster)

Journalism

  • Brahmin Men Who Love to Eat A** by Akhil Kang[10] (Decolonizing Sexualities Network)
    • The Horrors of Queer Conversion Therapy in India by Nolina Minj[11] (Scroll)
    • Seen-Unseen by Riddhi Dastidar[12] (Queer Beat)
  • Queering Translation: Locating Queerness in Indian Languages by Chittajit Mitra[13] (Hindustan Times)
    • Why Saurabh Kirpal Needs to Be Appointed as Judge? by Kinshuk Gupta[14] (The Indian Express)
    • Though Homosexuality Has Been Decriminalised, Two Incidents in Pune Show How Bias Still Prevails by R Raj Rao[15] (Scroll)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharma . Saurabh . 11 December 2023 . Rainbow Lit Fest 2023: Winners of the inaugural Rainbow Awards for Literature and Journalism announced . https://web.archive.org/web/20231211132750/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/books/rainbow-lit-fest-2023-winners-of-the-inaugural-rainbow-awards-for-literature-and-journalism-announced-11886261.html . 11 December 2023 . Moneycontrol . en.
  2. Web site: Scroll Staff . 25 May 2023 . Inaugural Rainbow Awards to honour queer literature and journalism . Scroll.in . en-US.
  3. News: Nanisetti . Serish . 10 September 2018 . 'Homosexuality is endemic where capitalism thrives,' says Hoshang Merchant . The Hindu . thehindu.com .
  4. Book: Mallick, Krishnagopal . Entering the maze: queer fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick . 2023 . Niyogi Books . 978-93-91125-90-5 . New Delhi . Chatterjee . Niladri R..
  5. Book: Patel, Neel . Tell me how to be . Flatiron Books . 2021 . 9781250184979 . New York, United States . 1257313197.
  6. Book: Ravindra, Smriti . The woman who climbed trees . 2023 . HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers . 978-0-06-324048-3 . 1st . New York.
  7. Book: Sharma, Maya . Footprints of a queer history: life-stories from Gujarat . Yoda Press . 2022 . 9789382579359 . New Delhi, India . 1347785526.
  8. Book: Onir . I am Onir, & I am gay . Malik . Irene Dhar . 2022 . Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House . 978-0-670-09473-8 . Gurugram, Haryana, India . 1334560573.
  9. Book: K., Vaishali . Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India . . 2023 . 9789392099502 . 1371141365.
  10. Web site: Kang . Akhil . 5 January 2023 . Brahmin Men who love to Eat A** . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225193840/https://decolonizingsexualities.org/researchjournal/bwo4mub74ozwlkuwt3xuwv52bu6piy . 25 December 2023 . Decolonizing Sexualities Network . en-GB.
  11. Web site: Minj . Nolina . 2022-09-07 . The horrors of queer conversion therapy in India . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907035216/https://scroll.in/article/1032115/the-horrors-of-queer-conversion-therapy-in-india . 2022-09-07 . Scroll.in . en-US.
  12. Web site: Dastidar . Riddhi . 18 April 2023 . Seen-Unseen . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418033628/https://www.queerbeat.org/stories/seen-unseen . 18 April 2023 . Queer Beat.
  13. Web site: Mitra . Chittajit . 2022-09-29 . Essay: Queering translation: Locating queerness in Indian languages . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209061623/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-queering-translation-locating-queerness-in-indian-languages-101664454792509.html . 2022-12-09 . Hindustan Times . en.
  14. Web site: Gupta . Kinshuk . 2023-01-27 . Why Saurabh Kirpal needs to be appointed as judge . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320154228/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/centre-objections-saurabh-kirpal-india-queer-judges-8407428/ . 2023-03-20 . The Indian Express . en.
  15. Web site: Rao . R. Raj . 2022-07-28 . Though homosexuality has been decriminalised, two incidents in Pune show how bias still prevails . https://web.archive.org/web/20220728033121/https://scroll.in/article/1029205/homosexuality-has-been-decriminalised-but-two-incidents-in-pune-show-how-bias-still-prevails . 2022-07-28 . Scroll.in . en-US.

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