So Now You Know

The year was 1991. Vivek was eight. He realized he was gay. Only he didnt he just figured that he wanted to be different. And that he was in love for want of a better word with Deepak his best friend. Then Mast Kalandar released with Anupam Kher playing Pinku a stereotypical gay character. And Vivek realized he didnt want to be Pinku. So he tried to walk differently gesticulate differently and speak in as gruff a voice as he could all to avoid being Pinku. Funny poignant heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once this is a memoir of growing up gay in India in the 1990s with Bollywood books and the Bombay sea for company.