Critics called this storyline scandalous. Readers called it heartbreaking.
The genius of this storyline is how Mukherjee depicts the erosion of the rules. Initially, the Sunday boundary is a relief. But as the story progresses, the reader watches Rupa almost break her knuckles gripping the table to avoid texting Ankit when her father is hospitalized.
Mukherjee’s characters don’t do Sunday relationships because they are afraid of commitment. They do it because they are terrified of erasure .