Hola everyone!

Hope you are all alright! I apologize if you thought this is a bonus chapter.

I've been meaning to get in touch with you guys for a while now. There have been comments that came my way some months ago & some more, a couple of weeks ago which made me want to explain myself.

I deleted some vulgar comments but if there are still some, I apologize for not going through enough.

Some had a problem with Sindhu quitting her job for marriage which made them call Karthik all sorts of names. Let me remind you that he did it so she would NOT agree to the alliance. She made her own choice saying 'Yes'.

Later Sindhu was called names for choosing not to work; after things got well between the couple. If you're offended by her decision to stay at home, I'm sorry, but again, that's her decision.

I've had a couple of class mates who married around the same time I was writing this book & inspite of being toppers & having a good job, they quit their jobs.

It does not mean they are throwing away an opportunity or mooching off their husbands.

It's their choice. Simple.

I call myself a feminist. I cook at home for my parents, run errands, buy groceries and take care of everything at home. But I also go to office seven days a week.

I like the way my life is now (Except that I'm too busy to write again). I don't have time for my thoughts and working constantly is very exhausting at times. But if comes a situation where I just have to quit my job and stay at home, I'll be happy too.

Because it's my choice.

Choosing to work is one's personal decision and it doesn't give anyone a right to call that person a bitch or a slut because she chooses to be a house wife.

There's nothing wrong with being a home maker.

Feminism is about equality and women having the right to take their own decision. Even if she chooses to stay at home rather than go out to work.

It's HER choice. Plain and simple.

What disturbed me most was that it's women who were calling Sindhu with those names.

Women go through a lot of things in their lives. Our parents don't let us do what we want to, some of our relatives only have bad things to say about us, we trust people blindly & love easily and then repent in leisure.

I felt lonely all my life that I prefer books over people now & not having friends rather than getting my heart broken.

I am alone, insecure & an emotional mess with a business to look after & a gazillion things to take care of. I keep lying to people that I'm alright. I keep lying to myself that I'm alright. I care about people who don't give a FF about me.

I cry. I shout. I run. From people and situations that hurt me.

But in the end, I stand up and fight. Again. Because that's the only thing I can do.

That's the only thing any one can do.

We all battle through similiar issues. Some with outsiders and some with ourselves. Let's not make our lives more complicated by going against each other. Let us accept that not everyone has to be the same.

Let women be what they want to be. Athlete, software professional, stripper, politician, mechanic, business woman, driver, porn star, teacher or even --- a home maker.

Because there's nothing wrong with any of it as long as it's her own decision.

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Thank you
Janaki S

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