'Criminalising Gays Is Criminalising Biology': Pulitzer Winner On 377 Shame

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Is homosexuality inherited? Do genes dictate our sexual orientation? India-born Pulitzer winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee answers the question in a fascinating new book The Gene, An Intimate History. Speaking to NDTV, he says by criminalising homosexuality, India has taken discrimianation to a new depth and actually criminalised biology.

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