So I’m done with “Shikhandi & Other
Tales They Don’t Tell You”. It did raise a lot of questions in my head while
flipping through the pages about queerness but I felt a few stories weren’t
really relevant to describe the queer presence in our mythology. They have been
mentioned forcefully without much to connect to. Although I did like how female
goddesses had been practising polygamy when it came to sexual desires, but with
time they were denied freedom & came to be considered as sacred prostitutes.
Author Devdutt Patnaik has penned
down his thoughts in a very subtle yet thought provoking manner. He has not
derived to a hard hitting conclusion, rather gave a way for the readers’
thoughts to flow in a direction. Explaining the difference between
transgenders, cross dressers & transsexuals has been established very well
for people to understand the respective kinds clearly. The best I liked about
this book was the stories from different “religions”, as we call it, so that no
one can question about the facts written in their own.
Having multiple sexual partners or
having sexual desires towards same sex is nothing to be frowned upon. We as
humans rather individuals have the right to live the way we want to &
nothing can stop us from doing what we want. Yes, surviving in a patriarchal &
a hypocritical society like ours is difficult, but all we need is a fighting
spirit & you’ll be ready to conquer the world. People need to understand
that being a queer is not having a disease or a malfunction in one’s body, they
are as human as you are or I am. LGBT protests, social experiments will not
change the mind-set of individuals who still are evolved enough to understand
this delicate issue. It only comes with opening up oneself to changes.
Hope the change & acceptance
comes soon!
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