While same-sex marriage should be rightfully recognised under the Special Marriage Act, a move towards its recognition under the Hindu Marriage Act also calls for the right to ancestral property and caste capital. This move consolidates caste–class solidarities of upper-caste queers as it fails to challenge the endogamous family structure.
In recent times, the right to speech, expression and the right to protest have been constantly undermined. An attack on these rights runs contrary to the spirit of civilised democracy. We need to exercise these rights within the Constitution’s conditions and the government is duty-bound to provide these conditions.
