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one of us doesn't have any relationship with these children. and we thank you one, a croft safari india's campaign to provide the livelihoods and ancient traditions of crafts. people devastated by conflict and covered ah, i'm painful and welcome a hospital visit only for next of kin. and if you're not allowed to marry because you're gay and live in india, then forget it. same with an inheritance tax benefits saying no to same sex marriage is denying and other human being that basic rights all day and bought slow story is like any other be made at school, fell in love and built a life together in delhi. what?

17 years. but as a gay couple in india, the relationship was considered a crime until the supreme court, decriminalized homosexuality in 2018 farmer. despite this landmark judgement here, the one dear relationship still has no legal recognition. the right to marriage would significantly improve our lives. it would significantly had power lives as a couple a, but we certainly see that it creates a conversation in the minds of people around us and will create a confidence in the minds of other young or gay people without legal recognition of the relationship they can on lot ordinarily, tasks that most heterosexual couples, big for granted, such as opening a joint bank account or making medical decisions for each other. yeah. well they, in part one of the for gay couples who have filed editions asking the supreme court

recognize, same sex marriages. so far, the governing bgp has not you in an official stance on legalizing same sex marriages. but more than a few members of the ruling party, hopefully of was any change in the law activist us hope that the court will force india to follow the example of countries where such marriages are legal. mal we got raj khodiyar, specializes in family law and says that barring the l g b t q community from marriage while it's there right? to equality. right. to maggie is a fundamental right. and if the pleasant structure of the marriage does not recognize same sex marriage, then it violates the constitution, but merely because wheel is not shared by mod done. so we do elements of indian society on the outskirts of daily the right wing,

the new organization. hindu russia though, is getting ready footboard best. if this law gets past today, they are meeting to discuss strategies to oppose same sex marriage is see, it's not part of the hindu culture, un hotel men. some of them are organization rated hotels where we found same sex couples making love way home. we stopped them and got them arrested. you will be up and up. now, why should we encourage something that is not part of our culture apple to so we investigated the matters and set these couples behind bar city on cordial behavior . despite the challenges the community faces or they and bar to remain optimistic, they see the pretty chance have brought the issue into focus live in a country. what algebra d q. identity is still large, yet apple moya. so half copa joins us. he calls himself an accidental l g b t,

q activist. india's top court only decriminalized homosexuality in 2018. that's quite recent. but why hasn't it come to gay marriage in your opinion? well, i think there is of progress that always happens in abuse started in 2018, but something as minimal as decriminalize ation of homosexuality. that in itself seemed like a big step. so it takes time for society and law to catch up. i think that's probably why india sounds like a land of contradictions such a colorful country. and yet speaking openly about homosexuality is to pu for many, isn't it? it is. i think her back was part of the problem of i would told palmer sexuality it was just under ground. but as a country we're very traditional. i think talking even about sex is something that takes people a lot of courage to do. so it's not surprising that i've been reluctant to speak

about homosexuality, but it's part of the maturation process, i think for our, for our country. and we are on a bar. i hope. can you tell us a bit about your path about your experience? well, i identify as a, as a gay man, i started back just in depth, but so been god. oh, i felt it was of a world begg coming and a warm bliss. i never felt any discrimination from either the bar or the bench. it was uniformly a good experience, i think up that may not be true for everybody else, but it certainly was for me. there have been hiccups in the past. i must confess candidly. oh, so for instance, my elevation as a judge has been postponed and delayed. i believe because of my sexuality. but other than that, i think her a, on a personal level, it's been a, they easy for me to live my life openly, with my partner and off 21 years. congratulations. her as,

as you point out for some people, it's not that easy without legal recognition of being married. what stay like daily life, like for some gay couples in india, when it comes to their rights, when it comes to being denied certain things like medical consent, pensions adoption or, or even simple things like club memberships for couples. no, i think it's so difficult for a person to be a good individual or indeed a gay couple in india. oh, we do not have any kind of recognition from either the state or often even from private companies because are, as you said, insurance medical, et cetera. these are all matters that might be dealt even by the private sector, so you would exclude it from that. oh, certainly in matters relating to opening of our bank account. it's extremely difficult if you are not recognized as a couple of it is difficult to get accommodation. uh because there is

discrimination. so there are our landlords who would be very reluctant to give rent a rental accommodation, dual gay couples, in virtually every aspect of one's life. if you are a queer button in india, there is either all word discrimination or at the very least an unsaid bias or prejudice that exists. so that is something that we hoped all gum eventually, either by a recognition of same sex marriage, or indeed with the country as a whole, changing more positively in the future. and coming to recognize every citizen as an equal citizen, entitled to the same rights as any one else is as our contribution promises. you sound very hopeful. oh, what would you say though? is the likelihood that the supreme court will recognize same sex marriage sometime soon? what the matters listed play shortly. ah,

and now i am one of the lawyers and the guess and wanting o w s lawyers is that we don't dig a losing case to the so been bought. so when one file, the scarce one was accused hopeful about the outcome of, of the case. now whether we been or not, is really in the hands of the judges. i think there is solid legal foundation for it. oh, hopefully, the promise of the contribution will be, will be delivered. and the political to mentioned because i know prime minister in for modi's government has in the past, refused to legalize such marriages. yet in fact, there were certain other positions that had been filed in the high courts before. and the government took a stance that marriage was only a union between our biological man and a biological woman. so there is certainly no political will to recognize same sex marriage. how much often opposition?

well dame will tell because they have not yet filed their reply. but i do anticipate it would not be of a hopeful or a favorable or been another part of the government. but in a country governed as we are by the rule of law and ultimately by the constitution where the judges will have the final say, i hope that regardless of the opposition off far the politicians are that we will triumph on. we have placed our faith now and our court system, and the way it has happened elsewhere to the world as well. for instance, in the united states, most not to be oh, the sin barts will be trained by the judges of our, our, and pre activist lawyer and possibly through to be judge sort of a cooper. thank you very much for being on t w. 's asia today. thank you for having me. well, indians refer to the state as a reservoir of ancient culture. kashmiri handicrafts have been known for their quality since medieval times, but keeping those traditions alive is

a struggle due to the cobra. 19 pandemic and prolonged regional conflicts. the famed dow lake in indian control kashmir is finally witnessing a rush of tourists again. besides visiting lakeside stores, some of them will also strew through the narrow by lanes of the city of srinagar. joining so called craft safari tools organized by the government. the campaign is an effort to save artisans, such as golden lobby. his struggling to keep up his shawl business due to co vic, 19 locked downs, ongoing territorial conflicts in the region. and the ubiquity of machine may crafts the countries middleman culture also contributes to his loss. i've been doing this work for the last 20 years at all and in 5 euros the day despite putting in so much effort. what are the real benefit doesn't reach to us, reward the middleman make huge profit while we get paid only today's earnings with

ruder? well, more than 250000 people in the region still make the living from crafts like carpets, shawls, and would work. the industry keeps shrinking. handicraft exports here have dropped more than a half within a decade to less than 80000000 euros in 2021. organizers believe the tours will bring a ray of hope to frustrated artisans, hulu jr. the scenario you tried to connect the artisan directly with the buyers, and there is no better way to do it through graphs for it is when you go to the graphs bases and see how the craft is actually made. so at times the buyer is also not aware of the hardware. what behind a piece of art. and one way to do it is using social media to its full potential. the tools often involve influences who make photos and videos of the crafts and post them online. sat on osteo. com is one of them.

i say why not? because you know, of people like us, whoever, certain regions, social media and people see us to out the world. so we want to bring this essence of course, move forward. it's certainly going forward as d u n at a 3 nigger to its creative cities network last year, giving the industry much needed recognition as well as hope the crafts will be able to stay alive here. and his moron, d w dot com slash asia. i've been fizzle and see the exxon boom. germany's world heritage site like you've never seen them before. from above. cultural treasures of incredible value tourist attractions of timeless beauty. part 2 of our aerial dream trip.

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