A Love Created by a Lesser God:
India’s Laws Punish Homosexuals as Criminals
by Parul Sharma
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As it is, love can either be a blessing or a poison, depending on various aspects. But when love is felt for someone of the same sex, in some cultures, that love becomes a living hell - or simply a love created by a lesser God. Yes, a lesser God - not as strong and creative as the God we are used to. This lesser God created love but forgot to do the ample marketing needed to share the selling points of this particular love, such as poetry, music and literature.
Love knows no boundaries, but maybe our minds do. Otherwise why would I have asked my friend, Are you sure this is love and not just a greater friendship?
India’s Laws Punish Homosexuals as Criminals
Dear Vahid bhai,
Many thanks for your comment- and thank you for sharing such an heartbreaking experience. There is alot to be done when it comes to unnecessary social stigma. Why unnecessary ? Well, because there is so many other issues at hand; children suffering, starvation poverty, corruption etc etc, and our societies still somehow find time to exercise judgementalism at high levels.
I was thinking today, while reading all comments, that the stories referred to are mostly surrounding male homosexuality- the discrimination and oppression of women is far worse- and hardly ever discussed.
Anyway, let us continue the fight!
//Parul Sharma
Posted by Parul Sharma | November 18, 2008 2:20 AM
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Posted by Parul Sharma | June 15, 2008 11:02 AM
Dear Cheery,
Many thanks for a most well written article with shattering testimonies. We must bring these to the Government of India or any such government, which is through economic and military support of the SPDC directly fuelling militarization in Burma. Furthermore, over 50,000 refugees from Burma are currently living in India. The continuing lack of sufficient protection mechanisms for Burmese refugees in India makes it impossible to more than estimate the number of Burmese refugees.
This is because of the fact that except for those who are able to approach UNHCR in New Delhi for protection, the majority of Burmese refugees in India are afraid to identify themselves as refugees, although careful scrutiny of their circumstances clearly suggest that they could fall within the meaning of refugee definition. India has many times forcibly returned Burmese refugees to Burma. India extradited eleven Burmese army defectors in 2006, some of whom were already recognized as ‘person of concern’ by UNHCR. Due to the lack of legal protection for Burmese refugees in the border, they are easily identified as economic migrants. From being victims in Burma, they are re-victimised in India.
All the best,
Parul Sharma
Posted by Parul Sharma | June 12, 2008 12:29 AM