MoreThousands of Women in India Create World’s Largest Crochet BlanketIndian Court Rules That Hindu Women Can Now Be the Head of Their Own FamiliesA Pakistani Cricket Fan Got Jailed for Hoisting the Indian Flag Even as India’s apex court prepares to reignite the country’s debate around homosexuality in the weeks to come, one filmmaker from the western state of Gujarat who directed a movie on the subject remains locked in a three-year battle with the state’s tax authorities. Kiran Kumar Devmani has been denied a customary entertainment tax exemption for his film Meghdhanushya — The Colour of Life on the grounds that it could send a “negative signal” to the public, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. Despite the Gujarat High Court’s ruling that Devmani should receive the exemption — a common procedure instituted to protect artists’ revenues — the state government has remained firm in its refusal to endorse “such ideology.” “What is controversial about homosexuality?” the 30-year-old asked in an interview with AFP.
India’s Courts Are Ready To Talk About Homosexuality, But Films On The Subject Face Roadblocks
Rishi Iyengar, Time: Entertainment
Fri, 02/05/2016 - 2:03am
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