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This map shows how large the British Raj was during 1858-1947

In 1861, the British began enforcing Section 377 of their penal code, which could punish those who committed sodomy or other homosexual acts with life in prison.

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William Bentinck, Governor-General of the company from 1828, addresses the issue of whether to intervene.

The story is told from the point of view of a small girl who is the niece of the protagonist, Begum Jan. Begum Jan has had a very depressing life after marriage. Her husband, the Nawab, was much older than her and was thought to be extremely…

Changed the legal marriageable age for boys and girls in India. Amended in 1949 and again in 1978.

This act raised the age of consent for sexual intercourse for all girls, married or unmarried, from ten to twelve years of age in all jurisdictions. Now, violators were subject to criminal prosecution of rape.
Also official known as the "Indian…

Explores Arjie's sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.

A pair of children, born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain, grow up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation.

It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.