Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

by Shrayana Bhattacharya

I’ve read enough to know that my pains and desires are not personal faults. Hurt and yearning in our times are artefacts of larger structural forces, and generations of women have faced frustrations and hurdles like mine. Women like me have a diverse pool of cultural resources and friendly solidarities to draw upon. But