In 1988, Meenakshi was enjoying life in Mumbai after finishing university. “I worked for a market research company, so I’d travel around the country conducting focus groups.” She regularly returned to Chennai, where she was from originally. “I had a friend there who I’d always visit, but she was leaving to study in the US, so I went to say goodbye.”
That’s where she met Sankar, via a mutual friend who lived in Chennai and worked at the Japanese Consulate office. “He came to her house to say goodbye while I was there,” says Meenakshi. “He was very softly spoken and chatty, and seemed like a really nice guy.”
