While Halloween costumes should be about invoking your creativity and imagination, over the years, it has definitely developed sexist and racist undertones
Suchandra Das, a professional photographer from Kolkata has started a campaign #BringTheChange, which tries to create awareness about Domestic violence, using a video.
Anurag, a young transgender woman, and her friends were travelling in a metro in Kolkata during Durga Puja celebrations, when insults were hurled at them by a group of boys in the metro. When they got out of the metro, a confrontation ensued, and Anurag and her friends were physically assaulted. They went to the police, but all in vain.
The Indian censor board found the lesbian love and sex scenes too hot for the Indian audience, and was concerned about the "unnatural passions" that the movie might ignite.
Picture source: Action Aid
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Noted author Vikram Seth may join the growing rank of writers returning their awards if Sahitya Akademi fails to protect writers, or defend free speech.