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The mills of justice grind surely

To argue that coming out was easier for the few in the anonymity and privilege of big cities as opposed to the many in the stifling oppression of small towns and villages is true

Section 377, LGBTQ
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An activist waves a rainbow flag (LGBT pride flag) after the Supreme Court verdict

Sunil Sethi
The mills of justice grind slowly but they grind surely. It is notable that some of the most stirring words of the Supreme Court verdict that finally junked Article 377, engulfing the country in a wave of euphoria, came from Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone woman and recent entrant to the apex court. “Homosexuality,” she said, “is only a variation and not an aberration…[It] is not against the order of nature and is nature itself.” And more remarkably that “history owes the LGBT community an apology for their sufferings.” 

In this Justice Malhotra was taking a leaf out of her
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