Fiction writer Dr R Raj Rao lives by breaking the norms, while yearning to return to the golden age of love
Fiction writer Dr R Raj Rao lives by breaking the norms, while yearning to return to the golden age of love
In my various writings, I have dealt with the concept of love. I have said somewhere that love is like a full-time job or occupation and like any other job, like that of an engineer, doctor or a professor, one is a lover. This is what I call the professionalism of love, meaning as you give your entire time and are dedicated to a profession, the same is the case for love. One has to be a dedicated lover.
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u00a0I have a theory of,u00a0 'heteronormativity' where the family as we understand today is a man, a woman in a monogamous relationship and through their sexual union a child is born. But today the alternatives are more obvious, single mother or father, adopted children, live-ins, gay or straight couples that break away from the norm I have broken away from the norm and this is how I've lived my life.
Valentine's Day is a commercial by multinationals that want to create a day to foist their merchandise on gullible people. Love can be celebrated for 365 days. Yet, unlike the love of today, I do hope since everything moves in a cycle, that we may come back to the golden age of love.
Dr R Raj Rao is a professor of English at University of Pune. His writings feature in the anthology -- Gay Writings from India. He has also translated Poisoned Bread: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Literature.
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