a young 28 year old boy gets married to a 28 year old girl – both childhood classmates. Both parents oppose the marriage, it is an inter-caste marriage.

Marriage is solemnised by friends and they get married. Both are happy, and on a honeymoon.

There is an accident. Boy dies. Girl has 90% burn injuries.

Now let us come to some brutal questions:

• do you think the boy would have taken any life insurance?
• even if he had would she be the nominee?
• who will pay the medical bill for the girl?
• Assume that the girl had quit her job and was planning to relocate and find a job
• Would they have spoken about medical insurance?
• Even if she were to recover would she be able to access his PF, insurance, investments?
• would she have the passwords to his phone, laptop, etc?
• Would there be a will or nomination anywhere favoring her
• remember they got married 4 months ago
• Would the boy / girl have considered it too “money-minded” to talk of such things?
• What if the girl has a fire accident and can NEVER EVER look like what she looked earlier?

think about all these questions when you read the following article:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/newlywed-woman-battles-for-life-husband-dies-in-forest-fire/article23165647.ece