Hi there!
A college in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has expelled a few of its students because they had shot a short film on homosexuality.

They are bachelors and masters students of St. Joseph college in Kottayam. The students had made this 5 minute short film called 'Secret Minds' for an intercollegiate film festival. The college authorities were apparently not impressed by the film that features some partially nude scenes. The students claim that these scenes were important for the script and that morality needs to take a back seat in film festivals where the creativity of artists is given more importance.



The moral policing does not exist only in Gujarat. Its present in all places where there are narrow-minded conservative people are. The college authorities' act of expelling the student is condemnable. Such acts can only discourage students and stop them from exploring their talents in the confines of the so-called morality.

The issue of homosexuality is always viewed with contempt and artists who associate their work with such issues find themselves at the receiving end. This is not healthy. Definitely not for a country that claims to be the world's largest democracy.