Who are Chitra and Mahima? And what do they have to contribute to the recent affidavit filed by GOI? To start off Chitra Mathur is a Trans woman and has spoken extensively on her journey of transition on the podcast, you can listen to to HERE. Mahima Vashisht is the author of the weekly newsletter, "Womaning in India", which highlights gender bias blind spots in everyday life through real stories of real women of India. Mahima is also a working mother, who has 15 years of experience working as a civil servant with the Government of India, and later as a development sector professional with UNICEF, World Bank, and Tata Trusts. By qualification, she is an Electronics and Communications Engineer from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. On this episode Mahima and and Chitra have a very candid conversation on the legality of same sex marriages in India and the Supreme Court's stand on it. Get in touch with the Pop duo with feedback, questions, and more on [email protected] Follow Pops In A Pod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PopsinaPod Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content, and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/ Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience working with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi