When things are knot what they seem: With Love by Simran Mangharam

The judgement singles face, particularly women, has become the basis of the booming business of wedding cons. The good news: one can always tell.

I recently watched Wedding.Con, the documentary series on Amazon Prime directed by Tanuja Chandra. It highlights the pressure, vulnerability and loneliness that single women can face in their search for a partner. And how this can sometimes result in both emotional and financial disaster. Of course, rom-cons do not target women alone. Men have also lost crores, to women they met online.

One such man is a client. Let’s call him Rouhaan. The 48-year-old investment consultant lost over a crore