August 15th: A Dutiful Wife. A British Guest. One Weekend.

Seven years a wife. One weekend for herself.Since her marriage, Sneha has run one of Amritsar's great households flawlessly — the marigolds at the right height, the fourteen-hour dal makhani, the perfect saree, the perfect silence. Her husband calls her his. His father answers for her when guests ask what she does. In seven years nobody has asked her what she wants.Then a Commonwealth delegation a...