When Priya Naresh and her partner decided to move in together in 2019 they did not expect to be turned away by landlords simply because they were an unmarried couple.
“Our broker would clearly tell us that landlords do not wish to rent out apartments to an unmarried couple even though we were two consenting adults,” she told DW.
In India, the idea of live-in relationships is considered a cultural taboo. Despite progressive laws, tradition and morality continue to have an iron grip on…