The first few months of marriage seemed like a dream to Mia. Rakesh would pamper her, making sure that the responsibilities of the house were divided equally. But then things started changing.

Sadly, in Indian society, if you are not married then you are not successful, your life is not happy, and you are subject to pity or gossip.

If I marry, it should be for the right reasons - not out of the fear of being alone. Neither should one marry just because everyone else is married.

He always said, ‘Why waste a perfect afternoon watching the birds when we can watch a movie on Netflix? Then you can cook us my favourite Chinese and we can call it a day.’

I saw very early in career that I was often the only woman in a room full of men. Therefore, I learnt to speak my mind loud and clear and push back bullies.