This article is a brief historical overview of the Queer archive in India. The precolonial and colonial archive provides several possibilities for 'authenticating' the queer identity and claiming some of the history that modern nationalist homophobia seeks to wipe out. Identities are complex to begin with and become more complicated when relating them to the nation and sexuality. Contemporary Indian sexual identities are constructed out of the multiplicitious effects and perceptions of tradition, modernity, colonisation and globalisation that are more often than not in conflict with each other. This article is a literature review of several contemporary queer writing in India and creates a starting point for discussions on India's queer sexuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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