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100	1		_aShahani, Parmesh,
245	1	0	_aQueeristan : _bLGBTQ inclusion in the Indian workplace / _cParmesh Shahani.
260			_aChennai _bWestland Business _c2020
300			_a328 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 302-328).
520			_aThe reading down of Section 377 by the Supreme Court in 2018 has led to a fundamental shift in the rights of India’s LGBTQ citizens and necessitated policy changes across the board—not least in the conservative world of Indian business. In this path-breaking and genre-defying book, Parmesh Shahani—vice president at Godrej Industries Ltd—draws from his decade-long journey in the corporate world as an out and proud gay man, to make a cogent case for LGBTQ inclusion and lay down a step-by-step guide to reshaping office culture in India. He talks to inclusion champions and business leaders about how they worked towards change; traces the benefits reaped by industry giants like Godrej, Tata Steel, IBM, Wipro, the Lalit group of hotels and many others who have tapped into the power of diversity; and shares the stories of employees whose lives were revolutionised by LGBTQ-friendly workspaces. In this affecting memoir-cum-manifesto, Shahani animates the data and strategy with intimate stories of love and family. Even as it becomes an expansive reference book of history, literature, cinema, movements, institutions and icons of the LGBTQ community, Queeristan drives home a singular point—in diversity and inclusion lies the promise of an equitable and profitable future, for companies, their employees and the society at large. ‘It is time that families, companies and countries wake up to the reality that queer rights are basic human rights. … Queeristan is just what India and the world need—a manifesto on what to do and where to gowith queer rights now!’
650		0	_aSexual minorities
650		0	_aDiscrimination in employment
650		0	_aDiversity in the workplace
650		0	_aWork environment
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