Manipuri to English:
ꯏꯪ ꯲꯰꯰꯹ꯒꯤ ꯖꯨꯂꯥꯏ ꯲ꯗ ꯗꯦꯜꯍꯤ ꯍꯥꯏ ꯀꯣꯔꯠꯅ ꯃꯁꯥꯅ ꯌꯥꯖꯕ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯔꯕ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯑꯅꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯔꯛꯇ ꯌꯥꯟꯅꯅ ꯅꯅꯥꯏꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯌꯨꯝꯕꯥꯟꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯂꯩꯕꯗꯨ ꯑꯥꯏꯟꯒꯤ ꯋꯥꯡꯃꯗ ꯊꯝꯗ꯭ꯔꯤ ꯐꯥꯎꯕ, ꯅꯨꯄꯤ ꯃꯁꯦꯟ ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯅꯨꯄꯥ ꯃꯁꯦꯟ ꯍꯛꯇꯤꯟꯅꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯕ꯭ꯔꯤꯇꯤꯁꯀꯤ ꯀꯣꯂꯣꯅꯤꯌꯦꯜ ꯁꯔꯀꯥꯔꯅ ꯊꯅꯝꯕ ꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜ ꯑꯃ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯆꯍꯤ ꯱꯵꯰ ꯁꯨꯔꯕ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥꯟ ꯄꯤꯅꯦꯜ ꯀꯣꯠ (ꯑꯥꯏꯄꯤꯁꯤ)ꯀꯤ ꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟ ꯳꯷꯷ꯒꯤ ꯆꯃꯝꯅꯕ ꯋꯥꯍꯟꯊꯣꯛꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡ ꯏꯟꯅ ꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜ ꯀꯥꯏꯕ ꯊꯕꯛꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯅ ꯂꯧꯅꯔꯃꯃꯤ꯫
Until the Delhi High Court decriminalised consensual private sexual acts between consenting adults on 2 July 2009, homosexuality was considered criminal as per interpretations of the ambiguous Section 377 of the 150-year-old Indian Penal Code (IPC), a law passed by the British colonial government.