India, April 24 -- I was married by the age of 26. Ours was a love marriage. At that age I exactly did not have a long checklist for the ideal boyfriend or a husband. All I knew was that I wanted a partner who would love and respect me, who would treat me his equal, someone who wouldn't object to my career and of course "NO DOWRY".

During our courtship, he always encouraged my work and guided me in my career. Not for a moment did I feel that he was sexist or behaved like he was superior to me in any sense. Today when we hear so much about physical abuse, domestic violence, dowry cases and so on I was blessed to have a partner who treated me his equal or should I say a "SUPERWOMAN".

Yes. He thought I was a SUPERWOMAN!

He truly believed th...