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CTQIssue 3 . Volume 4 . India
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DELHI PRIDE 2011
special feature
PROJECT BOLO
PART 3
TQC feature
OF FEARS, TEARS &
AIR-KISSING QUEERS
a touch of class
VARUN SHINDE
mex in the city
THE WISH LIST
TQC. Issue 3. Volume 4. India.Cover photograph by VARUN SHINDE
Editor & publisher: Keith | Contributors: Aditya Bondyopadhyay, Alika, Hobart Fowlkes, Shourya, Sridhar Rangayan, Sunetro Lahiri,
Varun Singh.
Layout concept, design & production: Keith.
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special featurePROJECT BOLO - PART 3
22the after partyKIMBRA
24for the morning after - TURKEY STUFFING
TQC
26the front rowMAKE THE YULETIDE GAY
one night day atSUNBURN GOA
reflectionsWINGS OF HEAVEN
30a touch of classVARUN SHINDE
event in pixDELHI QUEER PRIDE 2011
TQC featureOF FEARS, TEARS & AIR-KISSING QUEERS
18events, advertisements &PROMOTIONS
32mex in the cityTHE WISH LIST
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