Author Ruth Vanita's 'Love’s Rite' was first published in 2005, when there was no movement for marriage equality in India. It has since served as a seminal text for remapping the history of non-heteronormative relationships in India.
A Private Member's Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha by BJP MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, seeking the inclusion of the Bhoti language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, has stirred a hornet's nest.