In 1996, Zee TV aired the popular show Hasratein, which starred Shefali Shah alongside her ex-husband Harsh Chhaya. The couple married in 1994 but decided to call it quits a few years later, a phase both have described as particularly turbulent in their lives. Now, Shefali has opened up about that difficult period in a conversation with Zoom, speaking about how hard it was for her to stay in the marriage and how she eventually carved her own path towards independence. Reflecting on that time, she said, “Nobody told me that you are enough. You don’t need a husband, a friend, a brother, a sister to be complete. You are enough. So if you have great relationships, fantastic. But if you don’t, that’s not going to determine your value. Nobody told me that. And obviously, you go through things and you realise it yourself. It comes to a point where it’s make or break for you. That is when the realisation dawns. It may be happening every day, but then there’s that one moment when …