''Pink Pages'' was an Indian

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magazine that published online and print issues from 2009 to 2017.

Background

''Pink Pages'' was founded by in 2009, with Udayan Dhar as the editor in chief. The magazine was distributed online free of cost and had readers and contributors from across

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, making it an

magazine with a national focus. Pink Pages, combined politics, activism and interviews with celebrities, lifestyle stories and readers’ own personal accounts. The first issue was released within days of the historic

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judgement decriminalizing

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. ''Pink Pages'' was denied permission to print by the Registrar of Newspapers in

in October 2010, which was widely viewed as a homophobic act by the Government body. The first print issue was eventually released in 2016.

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