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Transgender people in India face turbulent times, as top court reinstates ban on gay sex.

<p>Madhu with her boyfriend Arindam. The couple has been together for quite a few years and live in a suburb of Kolkata in eastern India with their dog.</p>

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International Day for the Elderly on October 1 is meant to be a tribute for those who lived life as it came.

Nearing 60, Gopa Basu is unmarried. An ever-smiling woman with some mental disability, she has an elder brother who pays the monthly fee at Ramthakur Old Age Home in Kolkata, India.

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