politics | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/politics/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:56:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 An Unseemly Truth? https://helterskelter.in/2015/06/an-unseemly-truth/ https://helterskelter.in/2015/06/an-unseemly-truth/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:36:34 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=10734 Are positive gay images hiding an unseemly truth? A look at Myntra and the politics of their 'lesbian ad' for Anouk.

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