Section 377

A mainstream Bollywood star like Ayushmann Khurrana playing a gay man in a typical masala love story format is like a dream come true.
The year since the Supreme Courts order has seen many more stories of people coming out, but they sit side by side with accounts of marginalisation and alienation.
We continue to be discriminated against, not even schools and colleges are safe enough for queer people as there isnt a single anti-discrimination law to protect us.
Coming out about one's sexuality is a difficult decision to take, but this path must be tread with great caution and, if possible, with professional guidance.
Reading this memoir is like taking a journey from the India of the 1970s until the time the discriminatory Section 377 was partially struck down.
Despite decriminalising gay sex last year, India is yet to grant LGBTQ couples the rights that heteronormative citizens take for granted.
Strangers have reached out to me saying how important this book is to them and that they saw bits of themselves in my story.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is also part of the list.
People in love are forcing a national reckoning on same-sex marriage in India.
India saw landmark judgements on Section 377, Aadhaar and Sabarimala and a new wave of the MeToo movement mainly in the media and film industry.