Sujata

Spinster can be truly happy or fulfilled without a man in her life. My forty-five years landlady Mina Yonjan is single and I don't think she is more or less happy than most of the married women I know. She is widely known as successful advocate by her profession and makes the case that staying unmarried doesn't mean being sad, lonely or even alone. Just few days ago I had a conversation with her. I asked, are you happy with single life of yours? She replied “life is a challenge and a marriage isn’t a guarantee for happiness’’. Yonjan further explained about the power of single women and what looks like when you take marriage off the agenda. I was replying her with words; ‘really’, ‘is it so’, ‘may be you are right’. Some times with louder voice she said; “If you never enjoyed being single, I m sorry, I think you may be doing it wrong because being single is awesome! And really important as well as it is healthy too”.  According to her most important aspect of being single is, ...