SOLVED. YA Paranormal (lowkey) with two perspectives, an English boy and an Indian girl in high school. Read 2008-2013. Spoiler.

[Olivia]

The book takes you through the perspective of an Indian girl and her childhood friend, an English boy, living in England (or perhaps america). The boy is a popular kid, well-liked by his classmates, and completely smitten in love with the Indian girl. I think the Indian girl is bullied, or marginalised? I don't quite remember the details, but there is some societal pressure keeping the two apart, despite them caring about each other. There's a background story involving a ghost, and SPOILERS:

this plot is resolved with the discovery that the ghost was the Indian girl's ancestor, who was murdered. The English boy was introduced to the girl in the first place, because his grandfather was in love with the murdered girl and always regretted not being able to save her, or avenge her with justice? I remember right at the end of the book, the grandfather goes to the police to reopen the case, even knowing there's little chance of justice decades later.
And there's an analogy throughout the book, of the Englishmen 'stomping' through the grass. uncaring of what they destroy in their path, I think referring to colonisation? And the boy and girl are happy at the end, I think. I mostly remember the line about when the boy met the girl, from his perspective: 'She was cradled in her father's arms, and her long eyelashes blinked blinked blinked at me, and I knew I'd always be wrapped around her little finger', or something along those lines.
I don't remember the cover or the names at all, just that there was a strange supernatural undercurrent to the whole thing.

[Becca]

Falling by Sharon Dogar?

[Olivia]

Becca wrote: "Falling by Sharon Dogar?"

Yes, yes, that's it! Thank you!