The burden of togetherness – Hindustan Times
“Two bullocks yoked together.” Nothing like this sentence to make you feel the weight of a monogamous relationship. In Shashi Deshpande’s novel, That Long Silence these were the protagonist Jaya’s words for her own marriage. A claustrophobic metaphor of togetherness. As long as the yoke is there, the pair can only walk in mutual bondage, in one direction. Intimacy is a shackle and a commandment. PREMIUM Love in Mumbai. (Shashi S Kashyap/HT PHOTO) Bullocks are yoked in labour. Not in love. Their collective tread…