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  1. Ramachandrapurapu Raj Rao (born 6 April 1955) is an Indian writer, poet and teacher of literature who has been described as "one of India's leading gay-rights activists". His 2003 novel The Boyfriend is one of the first gay novels to come from India.

  2. Jan 19, 2016 · Credited with writing one of India’s first ‘gay novels’, R. Raj Rao, the author of ‘ The Boyfriend ‘ (2003) and ‘ Hostel Room 131 ‘ (2010) spoke to Youth Ki Awaaz about gender and sexual minorities in India, responses to the brazen queerness of his literature, and his experience of being mistaken for an orthodox Hindu writer.

  3. Rajkummar Rao (born Raj Kumar Yadav; 31 August 1984) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi films. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2010, and is the recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award , four Filmfare Awards and an Asia Pacific Screen Award .

  4. R. Raj Rao is regarded as a pioneer of gay literature in India and one of the country’s boldest and most subversive writers in English. He is the author of several novels, story collections and plays, including the iconic novel The Boyfriend, and the acclaimed collection of short stories One Day I Locked My Flat in Soul City. Rao taught ...

  5. Nov 29, 2023 · Noted poet, novelist, and former head of the English department at Savitribai Phule Pune University, R Raj Rao has used drama as a literary form to make audiences aware of the hostility the LGBTQIA community faces from society, including their own families.

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  6. Raj Rao Publications. I Books. Whistling in the Dark: Twenty One Queer Interviews, co-edited with Dibyajyoti Sarma. Introduction by R Raj Rao. Sage Publications International, 2009. Hostel Room 131 (Novel). Penguin Books, India, 2010. The Boyfriend (Novel) in Italian translation. Metropoli d'Asia, Italy, 2010.

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    R. Raj Rao is a writer, poet, and teacher of literature and ‘one of India’s leading gay-rights activists’. His 2003 novel, The Boyfriend, is one of the first gay novels to come from India. Rao was one of the first recipients of the newly established QuebecIndia awards.