Book launch of 'Law Like Love' & Talk

The French Embassy in India and Alliance française de Delhi
in association with Yoda Press
cordially invite you to  

* the Release of Law Like Love. Queer Perspectives on Law, a collection of essays edited by Arvind Narrain and Alok Gupta

With Arpita Das, founder-publisher of Yoda Press and founder of Yodakin, an independent bookstore and Gautam Bhan, writer, activist based in New Delhi, the series editor of 'Sexualities', an interdisciplinary list at Yoda Press, as well as the co-editor of Because I have a Voice: Queer Politics in India (Yoda Press, 2005).

* followed by a Panel discussion : “The Condition of Sexual Minorities in India : 2 years after the Delhi High Court Ruling”

Speakers :
- Sumit Baudh, lawyer, consultant. Sumit Baudh is a lawyer by training, works as an independent consultant in the areas of law and human rights.
- Pramada Menon, feminist activist. She works on issues of sexuality, gender and human rights and is the co-founder of CREA, an international women's human rights organization.
- Saleem Kidwai, independent scholar based in Lucknow. He taught medieval history at Ramjas College, Delhi University, for twenty years. He is the co-editor of Same-Sex Love in India: A Literary History.

In the presence of H.E. Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador of France in India

  Thursday, 7 July 2011
at 
M.L Bhartia Auditorium
Alliance Française de Delhi, 72 Lodi Estate, New Delhi

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