Is queer ‘only’ about sexuality? Or is it a\n state of existence?  \n In its truest form, nature is queer and queer is free. Nature is queer when\n water takes the form of\n oceans, lakes, rivers, rain, snow, steam, dew and every other avatar it\n chooses and expresses itself\n through. It’s queer when the soil takes the shape of a hill or a mountain\n or a ravine. Queer is when\n one tree doesn’t force another tree to become its clone, and every flower\n finds a place under the\n sun. Queerness lies in the consciousness that if left free, everyone\n becomes more rooted in their\n existence and stronger in their individuality. \n  Queersapien  is neither an individual’s search for\n identity, nor is it a lamentation of societal prejudices. The book recognizes\n the fact that there are many ways to live. A queer mind sees itself as part\n of the extreme diversity nature offers. It is, therefore, aware that if we\n shed the veneers we wear and the blinkers we view life with, we’d know there\n isn’t a solitary kind of food or form to clothing,\n history, education and wisdom. There isn’t a singular structure to a\n family, a union or one way to\n love or one normal. \n In what is a searing and raw reflection on life, media, neoliberalism,\n politics and the inner self,\n Sharif D. Rangnekar, who identifies as a gay man, explores through lived\n experiences, the meanings\n of love, freedom, identity and dignity in a society where family, religion,\n caste and class dictate how\n we live our lives every day. This is a book that can’t be put in a thematic\n box, much like queerness.\n Becoming queersapien is not a revolution but an evolution of the self, a\n nation and its people.