Participants gather for the 5th Delhi Queer Pride parade in New Delhi, India-AP

Participants gather for the 5th Delhi Queer Pride parade in New Delhi, India-AP

Participants gather for the 5th Delhi Queer Pride parade in New Delhi, India-AP

When I spent some 18 months in London in 1995-96 in the role of a foreign correspondent for an Indian newspaper, there was one issue that dominated “high politics” in Westminster: the European Union.

What Angelina Jolie did by declaring to the world on Tuesday that she had had bilateral prophylactic mastectomies — surgical removal of both breasts without evidence of breast cancer in either — is being seen by many as an act of courage. Her decision is sure to go a long way in creating awareness.