In 2009, one could say he or she was gay and proud. It was a new era. A person could feel free to express their sexuality, free from any fear of persecution. The Delhi High Court had decriminalised homosexuality in a landmark judgment.
All that changed in December 2013 when the Supreme Court overturned the verdict and pushed the LGBT community into the shadows once again.
Kritigya (name changed), a middle aged gay male who wants to come out with his sexual identity but feels constrained to do given the prevalent social and legal attitude. He has written a book – Coming Out... Scribblings From The Heart – detailing experience and struggle with self-doubt and the pain inflicted on himself and others around him.