November 2010
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Gay parade in Delhi →
Homosexuality used to be a crime in India - interestingly enough, it was put into law by the British. This law stayed put even after the end of colonialism. Although “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man or woman” i.e. butt-sex was a crime, there have been no convictions in the last 20 years.
Last year, the efforts of human rights activists paid off and the...
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An Interview and a Pat-Down
On Thanksgiving Day, I landed in Frankfurt en route to Boston from Dubai. Seeing that I had close to 7 hours before my connecting flight, I thought I might as well go into town.
I took my place in the “Non-EU citizens” queue. EU citizens were being allowed to pass through within a few seconds of checking. However the German officer who reviewed my passport asked me to take a seat...
