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In fact, by hiding his sexuality in plain sight, Kapoor & Sons afforded its gay protagonist a rare complexity that was completely divorced from his sexual orientation. Hansal Mehta’s riveting Aligarh based on the real-life victimisation of gay professor Ramchandra Siras, released in theatres. The incident that became a tragic reminder of why India needed to address discrimination faced by homosexuals, was followed by an even more potent portrait of a prejudicial society that punished homosexuals for not being like the rest of us.
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At the time, Tharoor blamed the BJP for using its “brute majority” to thwart his attempt, calling India the world’s largest hypocrisy.Įarlier in January that year, a humiliated 15-year-old boy set himself on fire in Agra, unable to endure the bullying and shame that followed after a neighbour spotted him with his male partner.
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Unfortunately, his bill that sought to “decriminalise sexual intercourse in private between consenting adults, irrespective of their sexuality or gender” found favour with a measly 14 members, while 58 opposed it. I n March 2016, the Lok Sabha voted against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s introduction of a private member’s bill to decriminalise homosexuality for the second time in three months.