close_game
close_game

Spectator by Seema Goswami: The families we choose

Sep 29, 2023 03:54 PM IST

As you grow older and find your own tribe, you realise that blood really isn’t thicker than water. It’s the friends you make who become your family

How do you define a family? Is it just people linked by DNA and marriage? Is it restricted to mom/dad, kids, and maybe two sets of grandparents? Does it encompass the extended clan, no matter how far removed? Can it ever include those who are not related to you by blood, but by laughter and tears instead?

Friends can become chosen family, as with the characters in Four More Shots, Please! (2019).
Friends can become chosen family, as with the characters in Four More Shots, Please! (2019).
The enduring friendships in Tag (2018), stand in for familial bonds.
The enduring friendships in Tag (2018), stand in for familial bonds.
Catch your daily dose of Fashion, Taylor Swift, Health, Festivals, Travel, Relationship, Recipe and all the other Latest Lifestyle News on Hindustan Times Website and APPs.
Catch your daily dose of Fashion, Taylor Swift, Health, Festivals, Travel, Relationship, Recipe and all the other Latest Lifestyle News on Hindustan Times Website and APPs.
SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON
SHARE
Story Saved
Live Score
Saved Articles
Following
My Reads
Sign out
New Delhi 0C
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
Follow Us On