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

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Marriage of Hindu widows legalized

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.

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.

This novel is generally referred to as a story about the Partition of India, but its original title was “Ice-Candy-Man” which allows for broader interpretation of the story. Sexual awakening is a major theme of the book but so is communal identity as…

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.

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.