00:00My mother, she raised us single-handedly. I was 10 years old when my father passed away.
00:06I really appreciate her selflessness and not giving into the societal expectations.
00:11Oh, your daughter, she's still not married. My mother proudly says that she doesn't need to
00:16because she doesn't want to. A lot of people will find this very unacceptable. They'll say
00:21this is the right thing in life. Like a proper man, get a wife, raise kids. I beg to differ.
00:27I do not see how this is the purpose of life. Any Tom, Dick, Harry can do that.
00:32And by Tom, Dick, Harry, I do not even particularly mean humans. One of my rabbits is Tom. That cat
00:38is
00:39Dick. That dog out there is Harry. Even they raise families. Nothing against the family. Provided the
00:45two persons are like partners on the court, assisting each other towards the victory.
00:50You need to concentrate on the ball, on the right ball. You don't need to concentrate on your partner.
00:55Your partner should be a very passive presence, dependable, yet not a distraction. Are you
01:02getting it? And such a partner, mind you, need not be of the opposite gender. Marriage is a
01:07social construct. It is not an existential obligation.
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