Shobhaa De is back. Her latest book, a non-fiction work, is The Sensual Self: Explorations of Love, Sex & Romance (Aleph Books). As provocative and frank as ever, De offers instructions such as “abandon good sense” when it comes to owning one’s sensuality. Be it first love or “love in autumn,” be it heartbreak or a dysfunctional marriage, the reader can turn to De, the Ecstasy Auntie, for candid advice.
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In this excerpt, she offers her suggestions on ways to deal with heartbreak:
There is no rule book for break-ups. And don’t go by shallow Instagram advice. Especially if the advice comes from showbiz folks. What do they know about the sort of break-ups that break people from the inside out and has nothing to do with the optics displayed on public platforms? I know women who were gutted by a love story going wrong in their teens and stayed gutted in their senior years.
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