In the history of the Indian LGBTQ community's movement for legal and social acceptance in the country, December 2013 was a particularly bleak period. With the Supreme Court overturning the 2009 Delhi High Court decision, which stated that Section 377 violates the fundamental rights to life, liberty and equality as enshrined in the Indian constitution, it essentially brought the community and its struggle back to square one. But it was also a period of intellectual and cultural ferment, and ideas that had so far been in the crevices of the mind, began to see the light of day. That is what has now resulted in a concert called Aazadiyaan, which will take place this Sunday. It's the brainchild of Mumbai-based Vinod Philip, who had been looking to be a part of a choir, and decided to form his own. And in the summer of 2014, India got its first LGBT+ choir, which he christened Rainbow Voices Mumbai (RVM).

The choir in concert with conductor David Williamson (second from left)