In an era where young India has been vociferously calling for freedom of thought, speech, expression and choice, a young creative endeavour has been trying to generate waves of change in a medium that has mostly been infamous for its adherence to social stereotypes and taboos. Indian television has finally made way for its first serious homosexual character. No, we're not talking about the overtly feminine caricature accompanied by painfully familiar puns and euphemisms. Cabir, a character played by Ayaz Ahmed in MTV's top youth show Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan is a full-blooded human being, as normal as they come. With speculation rife around similar developments in Warrior High, and the Indian idiot box having finally opened its doors to positive representation of homosexuality, we speak to television actors and viewers for how willing they are to participate in this particular tide of change."
Jhanak
