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A review by amritesh
So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay in India by Vivek Tejuja
5.0
But I guess we are what our regrets make us. We take each of them, collect them piece by piece, and carry on forward like brave warriors must and should, but we can never decide for how long.
I'd come to know of the author through BooksonToast videos, and as someone who gets intimidated by people who seem to have read "every" book, I was floored.
So while checking the JLF speaker list this year, see-ing his name and coming to know about his book, I just went ahead and bought it.
Very wise of me. Very wise.
You don't turn gay. You just are. It is there inside you. Always there. Under your skin and inside your soul.
The writing is very candid and accessible, and it feels as if he's talking to you at every point. My favourite aspect of the book was the author's honesty, the ability to lay apart every aspect of his life, be it emotional, or physical, or mental, or sexual, everything.
And that's saying a lot. A lot. For a mere 144 paged book.
...when you grow up and see the world a little more, things change and so do perspectives. That's what living is all about, I suppose.
So, travel to an India of the 1990s, in one of the most bustling cities you can ever be in, and roam through the lanes of Bombay, as the narrator tells his tales of the sea, of Bollywood, of music, of finding respite amongst books, of love, of lust, of loneliness, and one of the most beautiful and universal themes, something we can all relate to...
Discovering our own true self.
Highly recommended.
I'd come to know of the author through BooksonToast videos, and as someone who gets intimidated by people who seem to have read "every" book, I was floored.
So while checking the JLF speaker list this year, see-ing his name and coming to know about his book, I just went ahead and bought it.
Very wise of me. Very wise.
You don't turn gay. You just are. It is there inside you. Always there. Under your skin and inside your soul.
The writing is very candid and accessible, and it feels as if he's talking to you at every point. My favourite aspect of the book was the author's honesty, the ability to lay apart every aspect of his life, be it emotional, or physical, or mental, or sexual, everything.
And that's saying a lot. A lot. For a mere 144 paged book.
...when you grow up and see the world a little more, things change and so do perspectives. That's what living is all about, I suppose.
So, travel to an India of the 1990s, in one of the most bustling cities you can ever be in, and roam through the lanes of Bombay, as the narrator tells his tales of the sea, of Bollywood, of music, of finding respite amongst books, of love, of lust, of loneliness, and one of the most beautiful and universal themes, something we can all relate to...
Discovering our own true self.
Highly recommended.