Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

by Shrayana Bhattacharya

At work, I am competent and composed. At love, I am a fumbling failure.

You build a fragile femininity, always wanting to be the fangirl in relationships, seeking men whom you can place on a plump patriarchal pedestal. You’ll tell me how you usually demonize and deify the men in your life, they’ll never be real people to you. When the reality of their humanity strikes, it’ll leave you bitterly disappointed. For single fans, no man, we were

Yes, most men are walking-talking contraceptives.