Editors Note: This story was first published in March 2012 as part of a ‘Good Reads’ curation of a piece that appeared in the New York Times India Ink blog. However given the cabinet decision to pass a proposal giving divorced women a share of the man’s ancestral property, we have decided to republish it as we feel the story highlights why such a law is important.
Media stories on divorce in recent years have gained a certain rote-like predictability. The divorce rates are up. The stigma against divorce is fading. And all this because the kids these days aren’t alright: they want more, compromise less often, and are quick to take the easy way out. Not surprisingly, almost all the examples offered are upwardly mobile urban professionals. No one cares about what’s happening in other, less trendy quarters.
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