Heliboard would be my recommendation. Been using it for more than a year now. Started using it when OpenBoard was basically dead in the water and it was merely a fork rather than its own thing and I can safely say it's the best privacy friendly keyboard I've used. Tried so many, FUTO, FlorisBoard but I found Heliboard to be the best. If you want Swipe-to-type features then you can download a proprietary library from the github of Heliboard iirc and load it in the settings of Heliboard.
Oh and did I mention it's very customizable? Oh yeah. I think you'll love it, give it a try :D
Really ironic but also sad cause it shows the dysfunction of the Indian legal system, laws are there but proper enforcement is not and the distrust people have in the police is for a good reason. Laws are subject to the ruling party's will, it can be legal when it benefits them and illegal when it does not and the loopholes some of them have is another story unto itself lmao
Oh yeah I knew that, I thought another ban was enforced which made it nation-wide. My bad!
Strangely enough I can access Element's website just fine. I've heard it being blocked by some ISPs but my ISP hasn't blocked it (yet). I'm glad that the privacy conscious and open source crowd in India are aware of and use F-Droid so this stupid and illogical ban (which I've known about since December of 2023) is easily circumvented. Funnily enough, BJP's hold over the Indian people seems to be loosening because of some really poor decisions taken by the government after they won last year in the elections, especially with taxes. Satisfying to watch them slowly crumble.
He left this world not as a prince but as The King of Darkness. In his last show, sitting on the throne, smiling and waving at every one - with pure joy and happiness on his face. What a legend he was. RIP ๐ค