The initiative was jointly taken by Adi Ballygunge Sarbojojin Durgostsab Samity, a Durga puja committee of north Kolkata and a 14-year-old organisation that works for the marginalised youth.
Post Supreme Court decision on Section 377, India has been making strides with respect to recognising the rights of the LGBT community.
With Section 377 having been struck down, it is time society and government went into the question of same-sex marriages.
Director Kaushik Ganguly talks about his new release Nagarkirtan which celebrates relationships irrespective of genders
From the right of a common citizen to privacy to that of women to practise religion, from decriminalising homosexuality to legalising passive euthanasia, and from adultery to inter-faith marriages, Supreme Court orders and directions left few sections of the society untouched this year.
Scrapping Section 377, a controversial law on consensual gay sex, means the LGBT community is finally recognised as parents, and friends are embracing their children and finally accepting them. Government jobs can be allotted to LGBT individuals...
One sterling quality of the Supreme Court is its capacity to “ride the punches”. Aware that is impossible to please…
There is a celebration in the air. The Supreme Court of India has just finished its hearing on whether Section…
September 6 was a Rainbow Day in the history of social reforms in India. The Supreme Court decriminalised Section 377…
The Supreme Court judgments striking down Section 377 of the IPC go further than comparable jurisprudence in the UK and the USA, writes Senthorun Raj.
