Don’t shut out the hypocrites and bigots in your family. Engage with them instead. You may be surprised.
Six months ago, my beloved 29-year-old niece, Sumitra Sivaramakrishnan, overcame the blandness of her name and Matunga upbringing in one fell swoop by posting a status update that said, “Preferred Pronouns: They/Them.”
Relatives, who seem to be bigots and hypocrites, can often put you off guard(Photo imaging: Parth Garg)
It would be simple to dismiss relatives as small town hypocrites and bigots.... but they are also part of India’s rainbow reality.