Infinite Variety

by Madhavi Menon

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  Menon, Harish. ‘Women in Sabarimala: Legends, Dogmas and Hypocrisies.’ National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations, July 2006, https://goo.gl/9wc79t

  Menon, Madhavi. Indifference to Difference: On Queer Universalism. Minneapolis: Minnesota University Press, 2015.

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