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If you walk into any middle-class Indian household today, you're likely to meet a young woman with a shiny degree-maybe engineering, maybe an MBA, maybe even a PhD. She's cracked tough exams, stayed up nights studying, and made her parents beam with pride. But fast forward a few years, and you might find her in the kitchen, juggling dal and daycare, her career dreams tucked away like an old textbook. This isn't just a one-off story; it's a pattern. Over the past few years, India has seen a curious paradox: more women are getting educated than ever before, yet fewer are working in the organised sector after marriage. The numbers tell a t...