These are good guys, supposedly marriage material. I just hope I don't get scared. Everyone has beliefs that help make life bearable. As one who came to this country from India many years ago, my religion is family. And my ticket to this ultimate security is marriage.
Marriage is sacred.
It is the opportunity to preserve my values in a country where I've ended up not by choice but in economic exile. It is the reminder to myself that not only am I feminist, I am an Indian. And I am an Indian first. I believe that a happy, equitable, and lasting marriage with the right man is the balm I need to stave off the emptiness of the me-first generation. The idea of marriage fills a deep, visceral need I can't bring myself to question or wonder about.