“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” ~Thucydides
The society I was born in—urban, rich, conservative India—did not encourage women to make life choices for themselves. I was not given a vote in my own education, or in the choice of a husband when I turned twenty years old. These decisions were left to the family elders.
And yet, my heart was always a bit of a free bird.
Despite being “expected” to be a homemaker after marriage, there was always a yearning in me to be somewhere else, doing something else. I …