Earlier, Dutee Chand said that while her parents have not yet raised any objection to her relationship, her eldest sister has threatened to not only expel her from the family but also send her to jail

Some of the world’s best-known faces are openly gay. By choosing to liberate themselves, they also set an example both within their communities and around the world. But India still has a long way to go.

This submission was made by the Ministry of Home Affairs in an affidavit to the apex court while seeking dismissal of a plea challenging the validity of section 497 of IPC.

One of the agitating parents alleged that the school authorities tried to downplay the matter when they were informed about it

Shailaja, a final-year MBA student, married a school teacher in a grand wedding ceremony. Soon, she found out her husband, Prakash, was impotent.

'We decide the frame, the angle, the dress, the dance. We tell our tales ourselves.'

The government’s data says that 99% of Indian victims of sexual violence do not report the crime to the police. Even in the United States, only about a third or so of victims report.