According to an order by the Madras High Court, academic institutions may resort to coercive measures, but they cannot be allowed to retain certificates or threaten students in any tacit way.
Women in these groups have taken it upon themselves to spread the message of sanitation. They speak about the hazards of open defecation and convince households to construct and use toilets.
The injustice meted out to the LGBTQ community and the roller coaster ride of this movement needs to be understood from the elongated slow march it has undertaken.