Ghosting a drag artist is a common practice in indian event spaces. Usually event organizers reach out to drag artists for a performance and when drag artist put their quote of how much they charge for a performance, the organizes say they would reach out back and then there is a dead silence. This usually happens because of the intent they expect that drag queens perform for free or they aren't worth of quoting such a high price. A drag performer puts a tons of effort to look and present their art and expecting it for free is both insulting and ghosting them is unprofessional. There has been ..read more

A persona (plural personae or personas), depending on the context, is the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional character. The word derives from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. On the social web, users develop virtual personas as online identities. People can have multiple personas that they use in various situations; this can include work, being with friends, at home, etc. Depending on the individual's circumstance, a persona which they consider stronger within their specific social situation can be created because ..read more

On Sunday, the 10th of April 2022, a café named Zero the retro Café, was filled with people from different walks of life. From young students to street vendors and kids sticking their eyes to one corner of the café space. They were all watch something which they haven’t watched before. It was for the very first time that A Drag show was organized in the city. Vizag had its first ever drag show where glitters and glamour was celebrated with gaze and gestures. The event was organized by city based ngo Nestam and city based students collective Whiz of Vizag. The event venue was at the centre of ..read more

On 18th September 2021, city’s popular vegan café “ Terrassen Cafe” saw a rather unusual event, with people form LGBTQIA+ community coming together to celebrate the Hyderabad’s BI/PAN Fest. This was one of its kind queer pride festival organized to highlight the invisible or sometimes most dismissed section of queer community i.e., the Bi/Pan and Multiple Sexuality spectrum community. Ideated by Patruni Chidananda Sastry, Hyderabad based pansexual drag artist in collaboration with Mobbera foundation , city based queer group and art curator Bhagi Shravani, founder of humans of nirvana . the ev ..read more

Prashant Chauhan aka Whacker Cracker is one of the most lovable drag queen of India. Brining the wit and wisdom, dhamaka and glamour and pride and precision , when they perform they light up the house, As Prashant is celebrating their birthday yesterday, Dragvanti connected with them to seek answers for some really interesting questions. 1. What does "Drag" mean to you personally? When I started drag, I only had a basic overall knowledge. However, as and when I started doing drag, I was able to meet more and more performers, I was able to see the how drag has multiple aspects and variety and t ..read more

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