Many couples I spoke to were not even aware of their legal rights. That’s because laws don’t make much of a difference in the face of the deep social problems they battle.
It was about these sexual encounters where you didn't even get to see the face of the person, recounts Karthik Kalyanaraman, who is now a little less afraid of betrayal.
The weeding out of this regressive law has come as a release for persons of alternative sexuality who form between seven and eight per cent of India's population.