Los Angeles, May 11 (IANS) Acting legend Ian McKellen has revealed that ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ actor Alec Guinness once advised him not to go public about advocating for gay rights. Guinness allegedly told McKellen to “withdraw” his support for the U.K. gay rights lobby group Stonewall, which at the time was fighting for government protections to ensure gay citizens were treated equally under the law, reports ‘Variety’.He told ‘The Guardian’, “He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimli…
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New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday said the BJP government’s Transgender Persons Amendment Bill is a “brazen attack” on the constitutional rights and identity of transgender people, adding that the Congress party unequivocally opposes the legislation. Taking to the social media platform ‘X’, Gandhi stated that the proposed Bill undermines the fundamental rights of transgender individuals. He said that the “regressive” legislation …
Guwahati, Dec 27 (IANS) The Nalanda Literature Festival (NLF) in its first edition has emerged as a prominent platform for voices from the Northeast and other marginalised literary traditions, officials said on Saturday. The four-day festival, which concluded recently, resonated strongly with themes relevant to the Northeast, particularly discussions on language preservation, diaspora identity, indigenous knowledge systems and cultural continuity.Scholars and writers highlighted how regions like…