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Campaigners celebrate as India decriminalises homosexuality

“Ritu Dalmia, one of the five LGBT campaigners who put their names to the legal petition that succeeded on Thursday, said the verdict made her feel hopeful.

“I was turning into a cynical human being with very little belief in the system, but honestly this has really shown once again that we are a functional democracy where freedom of choice, speech and rights still exist,” she said.

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“I’m elated,” said Harish Iyer, a veteran gay activist and writer. “We have thrown out the British once again.”