‘I am certainly the first person in my family to date, like the Americans say,’ Gold told me. ‘It’s the same for most girls who work with me. It is because of changing times but also because there are actual places to go on dates to. Earlier, Delhi had a few cafés, and everyone went there. And you had to be very rich to go to five-star hotels. But that’s changed now. There are so many more places for young people to meet. And if you go far away from where you live, no one will even see you with a boy.’

