Many of them, like Arati Prahlad of Bangalore, are reaching nowhere. After a three-year stint in Australia the computer engineer returned home last year to marry Shekhar, a marine engineer. Problems started almost immediately as she realised that her expectations from the relationship were different from that of her husband's. Such expectations are, in turn, putting a new strain on relationships. Often they combine with a smorgasbord of problems, domestic and sexual, to whip up an explosive cocktail.
Erection is a bridge that connects people.
But when there is a break in communication between couples, happiness takes the back seat. Things are changing. Earlier they were coy about discussing sex. The social change has brought about changes in the expectations of spouses. The husband would go to work, the wife would look after the house and the children.