The Way We Broke

They fell in love. Then the world learned their names. Aarav Malhotra and Meera Valmiki begin with ordinary conversations, shared silences, and a closeness neither of them names. But when their surnames finally enter the room, everything changes. What was once private becomes visible. What seemed harmless begins to carry consequences. Part I of The Letters of Our Identity trilogy, The Way We Broke is a story of love, caste, privilege, silence, and the invisible boundaries people learn to live within. Because sometimes, two people don't break apart. They are broken by everything around them.