Sexual preference can be a personal choice, says Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
(WorldNews India)

In the government´s first formal comment on its decision not to oppose decriminalisation of Sec 377 that makes gay sex illegal, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the stance recognises changing social attitudes. He also said the offer to Congress for a legislative `package´ on gender rights is not posturing. Excerpts of a conversation with Rajeev Deshpande & Sidhartha: How confident are you about the passage of the pending bill to ban triple talaq and make it punishable? More than 30 years ago, the Shah Bano case offered a big window when the Supreme Court held that a divorced Muslim woman is...