Outdated? Patriarchal? Why I still celebrate the Hindu festival of love.
I watched Bollywood’s longest running film, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” or DDLJ as it’s colloquially known, at the very impressionable age of 8. Much like Disney movies were for my Western counterparts, DDLJ was the ultimate romantic fantasy catering to my steeped-in-tradition Indian upbringing. One particular scene that appealed to me and my peers was the depiction of Karwa Chauth, a fast kept by women for their husbands or fiancés so they may live a long and healthy life. In the film,
