The Indian Government attacked BlackBerry’s manufacturer for providing encryption services that would prevent security services from reading potential terrorists’ emails. One year on and the Indian rules surrounding encryption are still a legal quagmire, explains Salman Waris.

He was the driving force behind the recent historic judgement that effectively decriminalised homosexuality by ‘reading down’ section 377 last month. But Anand Grover’s battle has been far older than just that case, starting 20 years ago with a series of painful setbacks, death and a growing obsession.