Masking Sexuality: Studying Gay Men’s Closeting Strategies through Contemporary Bollywood

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Nikita Mittal

Nikita Mittal is a PhD graduate student in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi in India. She is currently exploring the reasonableness of the crisis of masculinity discourse in contemporary India for her doctoral thesis. Her research interests include Gender Studies, Film Studies and Sexuality Studies.

Ajit K. Mishra

Ajit K. Mishra is an Associate Professor of English in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. His research interests are narrative studies, visual culture, and communication for health, life, and work. He is particularly interested in finding ways to navigate the communication challenges posed to young researchers in India. He is currently researching the prospects and challenges of research communication in Indian academies, and the correlation between cinema and popular communication in India.