We humans have a lot of fears—fear of the future, marriage, job, death, looks, society, grades, and so on. Currently, I am facing fears of career and marriage. For career, I have been working hard for years to establish myself, to have a good, stable, and powerful career. I am working for a job that first gives me independence—to stand on my own feet and live the life I want—total, absolute freedom. The second fear I am facing is of marriage. I have no special interest in marriage, but my family wants me to get settled down. As I have seen from my childhood, and still see, a woman’s life loses its freedom after marriage. Especially in India, a married woman, as I witness in my neighborhood, is not even allowed to come to the terrace to watch a beautiful sunrise. She can't go to her maika (parents' home) alone. If she is a career woman, then her in-laws firmly expect her—and she herself expects this from herself—to work both at home and outside. Meanwhile, their husb...