Rajat Singh

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Rajat Singh is a writer living in New York. He is working on a collection of essays on queer melancholy.

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Cover Photo: "Self portrait with head obscured" by William Gedney c.1969/Photo Tractatus/flickr
The Queer Gaze: How the Photography of William Gedney Taught Me to Look

Gedney immortalizes the carefree embraces between bodies of men who lean into one another in gentle, carefree repose.

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Rajat Singh
Jun 18, 2018
People | Out Of Time
Cover Photo: Tallulah Pomeroy
Looking Backward: How Urdu Poetry Makes Queerness Historical

For three centuries, the ghazal has been the most prestigious and popular genre of Urdu poetry.

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Rajat Singh
Apr 18, 2018
People | Out Of Time
Cover Photo: Vipralabdha nayika / wikimedia
Strains of Melancholy: Thumri and the Indian Music of Waiting

Thumri explores the dual sides of love: union as well as the pangs of separation.

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Rajat Singh
Jan 29, 2018
People | Out Of Time
Cover Photo: Photo by Yann Gar/flickr
My Eyes Yearn for You: A Short History of Longing in NYC

“Fashion’s bright lights beckoned me toward New York.”

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Rajat Singh
Feb 14, 2017
Places | Natives & Neighborhoods