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some last the long haul.                           reading this narrative is entirely of one’s
          Noteworthy- we don’t have any closet              own imagination. I am perennially boggled
         love or coming out love amongst actors             and inspired by the human capacity to
         here in India. There is not a single celebrity     seek and find love, and am always happy
         couple that is gay. That is not to say they        when two kindred souls come together in
         don’t exist. But the social fallout of open        love. Love Is An Endless Journey -- and
         admittance and the moral police make               definitions of love may change on the
         ‘happily ever after’ an impossibility here.        surface. But at the core, it’s very simple.
         A fact that is peculiar to India. Around the       The quest to find and match one’s yin or
         world, many celebrity same sex couples             yang takes a lifetime.
         live in love openly, and dedicate their lives       For the absolute present, there’s Tinder,
         to their partners, without fear of censure of      Bumble, Aisle, Hinge, Grindr and a whole
         image damage.                                      host of apps that will show you the way to
          Love makes the world go round and my              love.
         head spin. Any cynicism experienced in              Happy Valentine’s Day!


























































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