When the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival was launched five years ago, LGBTs in India were slowly achieving social acceptance, and the law forbidding “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” had just overturned. But that law was recently reinstated, and a conservative Hindu part just scored a big win in national elections. What’s next?
You Know What Else Is Up For Auction? Tracey Emin’s Bed
“Complete with vodka bottles, cigarette butts and pregnancy tests, the installation didn’t win the Turner prize during the year of its entry in 1999, … [but it did spark] a media frenzy and causing visitor numbers to the Tate Britain to hit record highs. Fifteen years on, it can be yours for an estimated price of between £800,000 and £1.2m.”