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Coming out to my parents: from horror to pride

When Nakshatra goes out for a coffee with his mother, they’re both on the look-out for cute men. “Do you fancy that guy?” she’ll say.

Things haven’t always been this way. Growing up in a village, he became aware of his feelings aged 16. A year later, after a move to Mumbai, he told his parents he was gay. His mum said she wished he was dead.


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Women make me stupid?

Kuber: Guy Next DoorSome Dutch researchers claim that men just can't seem to think straight when they are around women. So can we blame all the world's problems on the fairest gender?

No, I’m serious. The kind folks at Radboud University Nijmegen have figured out that just the anticipation of talking to women can impair our mental performance. Now that’s a serious allegation.


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