,” your story in this week’s issue, Meera, a young Indian woman, moves to London to be with her new husband only to discover that he already has a wife in the city, a woman named Margaret. The story that’s then related is set in 1959. What drew you to the historical setting of London in that time?
Ravi, Meera’s husband, toggles between two wives, often spending half the week with Meera and the other half with Margaret and her two children. He’s also remarkably variable in his treatment of Meera. What accounts for this divided self? Meera feels herself at the mercy of so many men in this story—Ravi, her uncle , her father . Yet none of the men come across as truly powerful. Does Meera, too, slowly come to this realization?
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