In love and gay in Mumbai
September 06, 2018  10:38
Joel and Ajay have known each other for six years now, and it's been five years since they started living together.


"No one in the neighbourhood has really asked us questions. But, they might have an idea," hints Ajay who feels that it's an advantage for two men to be living alone.


Because "nobody thinks that bachelors can be a couple. I feel it's to the advantage of two single women who live together too, especially if they are a lesbian couple," he adds.


"I am sure our broker has an idea, but he doesn't ask. We don't tell. He finds us places that accepts us," explains Ajay.


Finding domestic help has never been an issue for them. "They (the maids) are rather more comfortable working with us because straight men sometimes do give a weird vibe," quips Ajay.


Their previous house help, who worked for them for four years, knew about their relationship. Ajay got to know about that through a neighbour.


The (the maid) used to talk to my neighbour and say 'Woh dono bahut close hain (They are very close)' and 'Jyada hi close hain (They are a little too close).'


"We don't sit with our maids and have a conversation that we are gay. Nobody does that! They probably figured it out through our body language."


According to Joel, "People come to know about a person being in love by the way they are fighting. Not by the way they show love.""We start bickering like a married couple," he jokes.


As the SC verdict on Section 377 is awaited today, Anita Aikara/Rediff.com met a couple to find out what it really is to be in love and live together when you are gay. Do read this beautiful piece here.
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