Dear Parul-ji,

thank you for this article. You have touched upon the core of this topic. As you have been so open about your thoughts- i wish to share with you what happen to me. I grew up in mumbai in a very traditional Indian family. That I was gay was clear to me from the day i was born. I however, was dead scared 20 years of my life to tell anyone in my community about this. This didnt /doesnt exist in my community. But i was lucky to meet another man- we fell in love and decided to leave Mumbai. He wanted to be honest with his family and told them about us. His mother fell very ill and stopped eating for days when she heard aboutus. He then got married to a woman and i moved to London where i live in a serious relationship- BUT i have no family or friends in my community in mumbai- they dont want anything to do with me...

this is my life story in short. Thank you Parul-ji. I have read few of your articles on children's rights in Tehelka paper. You are a fighter.

Yours,
Vahid