the queer chronicle - december 2011

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DELHI PRIDE 2011

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PROJECT BOLO

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OF FEARS, TEARS &

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VARUN SHINDE

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THE WISH LIST

TQC. Issue 3. Volume 4. India.Cover photograph by VARUN SHINDE

Editor & publisher: Keith | Contributors: Aditya Bondyopadhyay, Alika, Hobart Fowlkes, Shourya, Sridhar Rangayan, Sunetro Lahiri,

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special featurePROJECT BOLO - PART 3

22the after partyKIMBRA

24for the morning after - TURKEY STUFFING

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26the front rowMAKE THE YULETIDE GAY

one night day atSUNBURN GOA

reflectionsWINGS OF HEAVEN

30a touch of classVARUN SHINDE

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