Photo from ONE Archives "Archival Intimacies" Launch Event, 2022
Photo from launch event of the Archival Intimacies project created by ONE Archives, which presented exhibits detailing the history of Satrang and other South Asian LGBTQ organizations. The exhibit ran from March 3 to May 29, 2022.
Photo from ONE Archives "Archival Intimacies" Launch Event, 2022
Photo from launch event of the Archival Intimacies project created by ONE Archives, which presented exhibits detailing the history of Satrang and other South Asian LGBTQ organizations. The exhibit ran from March 3 to May 29, 2022.
Interviews with Anil Mohin and Rashmi Choksey
Dr. Anil Mohin recounts the story of placing an ad in Frontiers magazine, a biweekly free publication that catered to Southern California gay communities. He hoped to find a husband. Instead, he got a call from Mushtaq, a founding member of Satrang, who had seen his ad, recognized a fellow South Asian, and invited him to their next scheduled event.
Pamila Matharu in Conversation with Janine Marchessault
Toronto-based artist Pamila Matharu was invited to intervene in the Archival Intimacies project. Active since the early 1990s in Toronto, she has been a key organizer for South Asian and BIPOC cultural communities, including serving on the 1995 Desh Pardesh committee.
Interviews with Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla and Sanjay Chhugani
In 2002, Los Angeles-based writer and Satrang member Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla released his first book, Ode to Lata, which drew from his own experience as an Kenyan-Indian immigrant to the US, his relationship to the community formed at Satrang, and as a response to what he had not found in similar literature. The protagonist, Ali, is a banker by day and denizen of Los Angeles’ clubs by night.
Interviews with Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Sanjay Chhugani, and Manoj Kumar
Interviews with Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Sanjay Chhugani, and Manoj Kumar accompanying an Archival Intimacies exhibit about the history of Satrang. This selection of documents, photographs, invite cards, and recordings showcases the affective relationships formed through Satrang events and the community they fostered.