![]() ![]() With her parents stony and her younger sister Priti her only support, Nishat attends the wedding ceremony, where she bumps into old childhood acquaintance Flávia. ![]() Nishat doesn’t make this decision with blind optimism, but she still doesn’t expect her parents’ reaction: initial silence that later leads to a secret discussion about how, given time, she will “change her mind.” If her parents can persevere despite the societal disapproval they faced for their untraditional “love marriage,” Nishat thinks, then maybe they can accept the fact that their older daughter loves girls, not boys. In Adiba Jaigirdar’s The Henna Wars, Bengali teenager Nishat decides to come out as a lesbian to her traditional parents against the backdrop of her family friend’s wedding. The thing about South Asian weddings, or weddings in general, is that they get everyone emotional and reflective about their lives and futures. Book Content Warnings: racism, homophobia, bullying, a character being outedĪrticle Content Warnings: racism, homophobia, bullying ![]()
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