Babla and Tumpa were sitting in the lounge after the security check-in. Both were silent. They were waiting for boarding to start. Tumpa was going to Hyderabad and Babla to Delhi, from where he had to catch the flight to Australia. Babla asked Tumpa, “So, when are you going to marry Yogesh?” "Never," Tumpa turned her head in the other direction, "He went to New Zealand last month." She heaved a sigh and said further, "Papa wanted us to come back home. I left my job, disposed of my things, and came to settle down in Jamshedpur. But when I