In a recent IANS interview with India's top divorce lawyer, Vandana Shah discussed the end of AR Rahman and Saira Banu's 29-year marriage. She talked about the issues they had been dealing with together for years and how they came to her for their divorce. She talked about the difficulties people face when they file for divorce and how she tried to convince them to get back together.
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00:00I'm Advocate Vandana Shyam.
00:06I'm India's top divorce lawyer and I just want to say that, you know, in my press release
00:13that I put out, I have given, I won't say I've given the reasons for the divorce, but
00:22I have said that, you know, it is insurmountable gaps between their personalities, et cetera,
00:28which have caused the breakdown of this marriage and, you know, it is a painful decision.
00:34It is, naturally, I'm taking your word for it, 29 years of suffering, you know, nobody
00:41comes to an end of this 29 years without putting in thought, without putting in a lot of pain
00:54in such a decision.
00:55So, let's see what happens next.
00:59See, 19 years, nowadays, you are saying that the marriage breaks in 1-2 years, but you
01:09will see that nowadays, actually, divorces are on the rise.
01:12So, when divorces are on the rise, so, you know, a divorce can happen at any stage.
01:18Nowadays, there is a trend, which has come to India as well, which is called grey divorces,
01:24that even after 15-20 years of marriage, your marriage can break.
01:29So, I will not use the word matbhed, but I can say that differences which arise in personalities
01:40can lead to the breakdown of a marriage.
01:43And you will see that we have spoken about an amicable divorce.
01:47We talk about not wanting to do acrimony, then we have given a joint statement.
01:58I will not say west, but I will say that nowadays, the world has become an international global world.
02:06Instagram is in America as well as in India.
02:09Facebook, Twitter, social media, social media has made a world without boundaries.
02:15So, is this a western trend, is this an Indian trend?
02:20I don't want to comment on that, but I want to say that yes, divorces are on the rise.
02:25Divorces are here to stay.
02:28I will see an example of divorces.
02:30You know, I had written an article for Huffington Post.
02:34You know, divorces are that sometimes houseguests come and sometimes they don't even leave your house.
02:40They sit there.
02:42So, divorces have become like that in India.
02:45Divorces are here, so you have to be a little prepared.
02:52The marriage that you are doing ahead, you have to be a little prepared that
02:57maybe my marriage can end in divorce.
03:02Because I have heard a lot about divorces.
03:05And I see it every day.
03:0710-15 years ago, when I used to go to the family court in Bandra,
03:10I used to see only 10-15 cases on the board.
03:15And now, sometimes there are 60-70 cases in a court.
03:20So, naturally, divorces have increased by 4-5 times.
03:25Divorces are here to stay.
03:27Now, excuse me.
03:29Whether you call it Western culture or Indian culture,
03:33but I think it is a global world that we are living in.
03:38Your information is flowing to me, whether it is from America, Norway, Sweden, England.
03:44Same way, Indian information is also.
03:46So, it is a very easy exchange of information.
03:50That is why divorces are on the rise.
03:57We haven't gone to the court yet.
03:59I can't comment on it now.
04:07I won't tell you when I approached,
04:09but whenever anyone comes to me for a divorce,
04:14the first question that comes to my mind is that
04:18another marriage is breaking.
04:21And what you see from above,
04:24maybe what goes on in your four walls,
04:27only those people who live in the four walls,
04:31only they know.
04:33And before every divorce, I think that
04:36I never thought it was like this.
04:38But the truth of what two individuals are going through or feeling
04:45is only known to them.
04:52Before every divorce, I always tell everyone
04:55to do counseling first.
04:57Try to save the marriage.
04:59I do it before every divorce.
05:02In fact, I always recommend that you do counseling
05:07and try to save the marriage.
05:09And I have said on many platforms that
05:12divorce should be your last option.
05:15And it should not be your first option.
05:17And more so in a country like India,
05:19because in India, we are a pro-marriage country.
05:23Weddings are one of the biggest businesses in India.
05:27And weddings are fun, weddings are good.
05:31So I tell everybody,
05:34weddings and marriages should be your first option.
05:37Divorce should be the last option.
05:39Try to make it work.
05:45I can't comment on that.
05:49I think the press statement that we have joined
05:52is a very detailed press statement.
05:58I have said that there are differences.
06:01There is an insurmountable gap.
06:03I have not written that.
06:05So I can't comment on that.
06:08And you know that I am a lawyer.
06:10I will not speak beyond that.
06:13And I have written that they have taken this decision from
06:18and they are experiencing a lot of pain in this decision.
06:22And they wished each other well.
06:24And they have taken this decision from a point of
06:27give us some privacy.
06:29So yes, they have also said that.
06:32That please accord some privacy to us.
06:35And as a lawyer, I am speaking on their behalf.
06:39You have not seen them giving out any other interviews.
06:43I am speaking on their behalf.
06:45So I represent them and I am speaking on their behalf.
06:53There is no such law in India.
07:01There is no such law in India.