Title: Not Western, Not Urban: For Queer People in India, Love Is More Than Just Love
Published on: June 25, 2023
Published in: The Quint
Excerpt:
“Seeing like a state, it is a piece of paper that carries the evidence of ‘being related’ to a partner and the blindness of law does not see the person behind. Put otherwise, obliviousness is a luxury of those who did not stand in those shoes of grief. Hard-hitting as it is, it is not to sensationalise but to rationalise marriage as a necessary recognition that protects individuals from social scorns and state-centric deprivations.”
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