Dear Parul,

A very refreshing article to read when just few days back my friends and I were discussing about marriage, sex, relationships, homosexuality, kids etc.

Some of the statements you made in the article are so true....its easy to voice your opinion as a third person about a topic but when the "subject" comes to your doorsteps one is totally mind locked...what do you say? how do you respond? etc.
-"Now when a person close to me became a “victim” of this lesser love, I could not initially find words to advise her."

I agree with Sarah when she states how:
-"What's interesting to me is the difference in cultural norms between what I'm used to in the US and what I witnessed in India."

In our societies its very natural to see a group of boys holding hands or girls casually caressing each other's arms or "gossiping" behind locked doors without parent's supervision. Yet these incidents don't go against our society's rules nor do they trigger any suspicion but if you are open about you relationship you are ridiculed....Conforming to the rules imposed to us by society we are forced to matrimony with someone rather then being true to yourself.....or the person you marry! Your article makes one ponder....

On a personal note though I support people who are true to one's feeling of loving someone from the same sex, having grown up in an egalitarian society (Sweden) where one is open about all....my cultural values still create "brick-wall" reservations about this issue.

I still salute you for shredding light into an issue like this which our society still considers a taboo!

p.s. Awaiting your article about "The particular Kebab-place in Stockholm, which makes your heart rejoice..." (Hotorget Hallen may be? ;-)