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"""What I like most about Out of Line and Offline is that it chronicles the work of people, groups and organisations who are doing important work but whose stories are not visible when the queer rights movement in India is usually talked about. This could be largely due to the fact that they are located away from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru—which are usually considered to be the hubs of the queer movement—and their main focus is not cis gay men, the most visible face of the queer community in the media."" * Firstpost * ""Out Of Line And Offline: Queer Mobilisations In ’90s Eastern India by activist Dhall puts the long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights in India in historical perspective."" * LiveMint * ""Tracing the lives of approximately a dozen queer individuals (and their allies) from eastern India, Out of Line and Offline–through in-depth interviews, literature reviews, and archives–sheds light on the multiple ways in which queer communities were mobilized in the first decade of the movement."" * Huffington Post India *"

What I like most about Out of Line and Offline is that it chronicles the work of people, groups and organisations who are doing important work but whose stories are not visible when the queer rights movement in India is usually talked about. This could be largely due to the fact that they are located away from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru--which are usually considered to be the hubs of the queer movement--and their main focus is not cis gay men, the most visible face of the queer community in the media. -- Firstpost Tracing the lives of approximately a dozen queer individuals (and their allies) from eastern India, Out of Line and Offline-through in-depth interviews, literature reviews, and archives-sheds light on the multiple ways in which queer communities were mobilized in the first decade of the movement. -- Huffington Post India Out Of Line And Offline: Queer Mobilisations In '90s Eastern India by activist Dhall puts the long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights in India in historical perspective. -- LiveMint

What I like most about Out of Line and Offline is that it chronicles the work of people, groups and organisations who are doing important work but whose stories are not visible when the queer rights movement in India is usually talked about. This could be largely due to the fact that they are located away from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru--which are usually considered to be the hubs of the queer movement--and their main focus is not cis gay men, the most visible face of the queer community in the media. --Firstpost Tracing the lives of approximately a dozen queer individuals (and their allies) from eastern India, Out of Line and Offline-through in-depth interviews, literature reviews, and archives-sheds light on the multiple ways in which queer communities were mobilized in the first decade of the movement. --Huffington Post India Out Of Line And Offline: Queer Mobilisations In '90s Eastern India by activist Dhall puts the long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights in India in historical perspective. --LiveMint

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Pawan Dhall has been engaged in activism and writing on queer rights in India since the early 1990s. A founding member of queer group Counsel Club, he has also worked with SAATHII, an NGO focused on healthcare and social justice access, and now runs Varta Trust, which undertakes publishing, research, and advocacy on gender and sexuality.

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