On a rainy evening in the Mumbai suburb of Goregaon, 40-year-old Sushma Patel sits on her balcony sipping her favorite masala chai. Reminiscing about her late husband, a smile lights up her face. “I married my first love, you know.” “In Ashok, I found the perfect partner” she says. Both Sushma and Ashok belonged to middle-class Indian families and after…
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Sitting in an upmarket cafe in South Delhi, Ravi Kishore looks like a man who has his life sorted. He is 28-years-old, works with an MNC, drives a nice car, and recently got married to Namrata, a teacher. “Don’t let my easy demeanor fool you into believing I always knew what I was going to do,” says Ravi. “There was…