From in the present day’s Hindu Sunday Magazine:
These girls left socially safe marriages with males to search out love, respect, and authenticity away from the inflexible household construction.
“Why is it that I can’t be someone at 20, someone else at 30, and someone quite different at 40? Sexuality is exploration.”
The 12 months I turned 40, I made a decision to depart my marriage of 17 years for a girl. This shouldn’t be a straightforward sentence to jot down, and I perceive that within the course of I’ll damage a couple of folks — I’ve a son, and oldsters, and an ex-husband who I’m nonetheless very keen on. Love has no motive and typically takes on unusual shapes which can be inexplicable.
But writing about one thing that could be a lived expertise for me, and concealing my title would imply that I’m working from a spot of disgrace, guilt, and concern, constructed up over many years, like thick fort partitions. Individually, they are often lethal; collectively, they’ll erode, till you neglect who you actually are. And authenticity is having a second — not less than in my life.
Mine was not a journey in the direction of lesbianism in any respect, however a reference to an individual who occurred to be feminine.
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