#ipc377

𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐔/𝐒. 𝟑𝟕𝟕 𝐈.𝐏.𝐂.

In solidarity with the cause to protest silently against the oppression to freedom of choice & sex I #TBT ThrowBackThursday not a photograph today. Instead I chose to #TBT a revised version of a page from my Diary [13/12/2014] from almost a year back since India took a "significant step backward" by reinstating Section 377 of Indian Penal Code, that penalizes non peno-vaginal sexual activity, on 11th Dec, 2013, an unfortunate day of national shame & disgust to the whole world & humanity.

It’s sad... and pitiful to see how people, educated and civilized actually came up saying things like homosexuality being a disease and perverseness and so on...  and how ridiculous is it to find that these are the people we call friends.

I mean, we are all liable to having an opinion about things.  But screaming from rooftops over Facebook and picking up petty fights on an issue so serious..... It’s a sad site...

They talk about our culture and about thee upliftment of the righteousness of our morals...

Agreed to all that... so is that how you go around doing it? Banning people from their right to choose their sexual partner and preferences?

IT’S A SHAME!!!

Not because of their opinion, but for the place that opinion arises from.... insecurity, ignorance, intolerance, patriarchy

It’s just sad...   :( :(

The Supreme Court revised and reinforced article 377 of the Indian Constitution, after a period of 4yrs, the day before... 11/12/13

And with it shattered the hopes, dreams and faith of 'millions of minority' like me....

One fine December morning, I was deemed criminal....

But I'm glad, that this reinstated my belief and faith in a lot of things, in a lot of people...

Guess, it is in the times of crisis that you actually grow and evolve and learn things about, not just others, but also you.

I'm hurt and dejected and sorry.... but I know that, this too shall pass...... because I'm God's good child... we are God's good children... And God as we know him loves us, just as she loves her entire creation...

Thank you

Although today, one year later I'm proud & glad, to see the same friends who once despised & dejected homosexuality, to have mended relationships & come forward with their support, in their own little way & overcome their own homophobia. It means a lot to me.

Like they say, each one teach one. Slowly, silently we will win this fight.

It may take years, but we have to be persistent. One brick at a time we break this wall of discrimination & repression.

IPC 377......bloody gays. They must be shunted out of the society. They are a blot.  Ohh! Who is that idiot shouting. That is a father who is not able to digest the  fact that his son is a gay. I am still wondering why is he so annoyed, so baffled, that he is shouting. A moron, but his son is still not thinking that way. He still wants to convince his father that it is not his fault that he has this orientation. He is like this since his birth. He is another idiot too. I am giving a verdict on this, that makes me an idiot too three four........ But still i will place my opinion, oops, not opinion but verdict. Freedom of speech, LOLZ. To the father:- Dear unfortunate father, its sad that your son is not living his life your bloody way. That makes him such a sinner, compartmentalized, selfish individual.Your son, who lived his life scared and in a kind of hideout, created his own bubble world around him.He was scared that his family may not come to know about his orientation. He couldnt do what he liked, he couldnt commit what he liked. He just kept studying the way you wanted. Kept on going to temples the way you wanted, refrained from all the habits you didnt liked. But this bloody orientation was never in his control. He was like this the day he was born.Than he lied one day while going out to his college. He lied because he was scared of losing you, a magnificent parent, that is what this gay son thinks. He tried to take his life, but couldnt, again because of you. He loved you, loves you. He always cursed god for making him like this, but than he developed this habit of lying, just to make you happy. And today when he stood up against all odds to let you know that he wont marry a woman of your choice and told you about his sexual orientation, you thrashed him. Just imagine what is he thinking at present. He must be thinking, " i wish i could convince my parents, my family.....i wish", he must be cursing the god again convincing himself to be guilty of not having the choice of partner his parents wanted. Now what kind of son could he be? I can call you an idiot in front of him, but he might kill me for that. What kind of son could he be? i know the answer of that question, that would make him a good son, respecting his father, no matter what, he cherishes the fact, that you are his father. Please understand one fact that the problem is with you and not him. You need to understand the fact that your son is absolutely normal and has an able mind to understand and analyze anything like us. To the Son:- I think you are an abnormal person.Abnormal, not because you are homosexual, instead it is because you are convinced that you are wrong even when you know that you arent. You are a human being who likes to have sexual relation with another human being of same sex. That is your case. Nothing more dramatic or sentimental to it. You are absolutely a normal man. Stop cursing yourself and being an idiot. If your parents dont understand that, that means, it is there mental block or fault and not yours. You respect them, that doesnt means you can control what god has destined for you. I am a heterosexual, that doesnt makes you inferior or superior to me. It is a just a social rule/perception. Your parents will understand, love is the best convincing feeling. But it has to be unconditional. To myself the biggest idiot:- Stop giving verdicts.  To the God:- Why didnt you make everything same and identical. That would have been boring, But still, give it a thought Sir.

God`s reply:- Hi buddy, got your email. Wow! Earth is so beautiful, Live your life to the fullest, have fun guys..

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And ya, see you SOON.

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Altitude twists attitudes.

High floors brews philosophers.

There is something about these hanging balconies,

You can look away and beyond-

Far from the reality.

Once in a while I do give in to this temptation.

I sit too, in my balcony of a high apartment.

At night when the sounds are less, and light specks many.

A game of lego, only illuminated.

Block on blocks, blocks following blocks

Dazzled in patterns of black and yellow.

At night everything is one

No rich and no poor

That blue of the cheap plastic that coats the slum tops

That matt of the stone surface that adorns the beautiful ones

All submerge into one black, just yellow showy crystals.

But in this height, air deprived

I feel detached.

I feel removed.

No bodies to be seen.

No hands to be brushed against.

Eyes disappeared into the dark.

No glints, no hopes.

I’d rather be a thriving loafer,

Than a lonesome philosopher.

So I climb down

To collect another story

This rapist and that molester

This corrupt politician, that suppressive leader.

Them, these men and women of the unethical-

They are after me.

A fragile flower admirer.

A jovial children lover

A worshipper of women

A helping hand for the incapable

A helper of sorts

I, a gay man,

A confused man.

A half man, a “more than a man”- man.

I a criminal?

I a sinner?

What I see today is a beautiful reflection.

A beautiful creation, in its flaws.

Not sexual but physical.

It’s me, now a criminal.

In a lands of hypocrisy and the unaware

In a land torn between irony and injustice.

In a land that is now ceasing to be.

For what joy did I move away from the town and the boys ?

For what reasons I escaped the haven of men, probable loves ?

Probably I was running out of reasons to Love.

Love, so venting, so demanding.