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EXCLUSIVE: Director of Evening Shadows says he and his team are ‘thrilled’ by the decision The makers of a gay-themed movie are today celebrating after their film received a U/A rating in their home country of India. Evening Shadows centers on a young man in Southern India coming out to his mum. It has received a U/A rating from the CBFC film board in Mumbai. This means parental guidance advised for anyone under 12. In reality, that means parents can take their...

The Pride March called for an end to the criminalization of homosexuality At the exact spot where Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi launched his ‘Quit India’ movement, Mumbai’s 2018 Pride march started. The theme of Saturday’s (3 February) march was ‘Section 377 Quit India’, to protest the country’s law outlawing ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. Section 377 was introduced into the Penal Code by the British during colonial rule. So it was fitting the Mumbai Pride march kicked off where Gandhi’s mass...