How do you rewrite the stars?
There is joy in holding onto the traditions and practices of our culture. We grow up believing in them. It is when we grow up we start questioning these practices. One of these practices that bothered me the most was falling in love. Growing up I was taught it was wrong and so I stuck by it, no questions asked. But now as an adult, I wonder as it doesn’t make any sense. I am not aware if this is followed all over India but I do know it is followed in most parts of Tamil Nadu. Very few have the liberty to escape this and live as they want to. Falling in love is not an option here. Growing even I thought it was wrong. Indeed, it is not needed at a young age but I don’t see the problem in searching for a partner at the right time. I guess I also realized that you don’t always have to search for it, sometimes it just happens. Even then that liberty is for a very few only. I b...