Road Of Life Is Not Always Straight ​​​​​​​

With Section 377 scraped out last month, it is time to celebrate the work of entrepreneurs and business leaders, who belong to the LGBTQ community and have always stood up for their rights. In this issue, we spoke with some of Indias role models from the community who are helping to make the workplace a more welcoming place. The aim is to highlight the struggle of the LGBTQ community what all these people had to endure to get acceptance from a society, which didnt accept them as they are and judged them by their sexuality rather than their work. Heres how they defied all odds and emerged victorious in the end.

- Punita Sabharwal & Aashika Jain

THE HAPPY AND GAY HOTELIER

While studying at St Columbus, Delhi — an all boys’ Catholic school — Keshav, who had a flair for drama, used to love cross dressing. Keshav was always surrounded by powerful women while growing up, whether it was his mother or three sisters. Inspired by them, he was always keen to portray the role of the opposite sex. He managed to navigate through the school days even though some boys used to bully Keshav as he seemed different to them.