Marrige of a thousand lies

Marrige of a thousand lies

Like the title of the novel, mirage of a thousand lies is talking about this women, Luchy, suffer in the lies of “marriage.” Mirage is a Lesbian, and ironically she married a gay husband just to appreciate her family. She is passive and suffers in the pain of the stress of this unreal relationship. When she goes backs to take care of her family. She meets her childhood friend and also her lover: Nisha. Nisha is about to get married by the pressure of her family. Lucky wants to help out her wedding but in between, she can’t help herself but full in love with her again. All the lies about her identity and the pressure of the view of the society all happen to her.

This is really an interesting novel that I have read recently. The part of the reason that I like this story so much is that I also come from Asia. We liked of share the same value of the society, a place we valued tradition heavily. This valued from Asia is so different from the western relationship. Till today, LGBT is still a huge issue in most of the countries in Asia. When the story talks about the values of between western and Asia, I feel so relatable to what Lucky is thinking. She is a gay but forces herself to marry a man, just to makes her family accept. This is so painful but true in this society. In so many cases people can’t live in truth. We have no choice but hide in the lies because the society won’t accept who you really are. I perfectly understand why Lucky chose to be passive. When she tries to fight the society I feel so much pain is waiting for her. How much we have to scarify jus to be the way we want to be is really the issue here.