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  • Supreme Court upholds Section 377 criminalizing homosexual sex

    Supreme Court upholds Section 377 criminalizing homosexual sex

    Source New Delhi: In a blow to gay rights in India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a high court verdict that had set aside a law framed in 1860 and decriminalized consensual sex among adult homosexual men. At the same time, the apex court put the ball in the government’s court, arguing that it… Continue reading

  • Beloved of Dushyant

    Beloved of Dushyant

    Published on 24th November, 2013, in Mid-Day. Recently I saw a Marathi play at Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh, Girgaon, called Dushyant-priya, beloved of Dushyant, based on Kalidasa’s famous Sanskrit play, Shakuntalayam. But this was a play with a difference. It is a play about a play, and here Shakuntala was a man. The female lead… Continue reading

  • 13th Dec., ’13: DushyantPriya

    13th Dec., ’13: DushyantPriya

    Dushyantapriya -2 Act Marathi Play Language : Marathi Duration : 2 hrs Genre : Drama “Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field! I will meet you there”, says the 13th century poet Rumi. Taking the same line of thought and attempting to break boundaries of conventions of love, marriage and… Continue reading