Love recognises no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope”. Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Manjusha Deshpande, quoted this from Maya Angelou, African American poet and civil rights activist, in their ruling on the right of an adult Hindu woman wishing to live with her Muslim partner.

Nitin Gadkari would not agree. In a recent podcast, he declared that this business of heterosexuals living together without marriage, and same-sex lovers getting married would not bring joy to the world. In fact, it would bring not only satyanash but also maths problems. Because it could lead to an imbalance in the sex ration of 1,500 women to every 1,000 men. And then men would have to be permitted two wives each. Frenz, I was always bad at maths (ya, I know, what a surprise) and being old-fashioned, I feel pyaar ke angne mein ginti ka kya kaam hai? Calculation is fear’s bedfellow.