Abstract

This paper attempts to critically analyse the lived experience of women seeking divorce in India A theoretical framework of knowledge is laid out by examining the familial social financial legal and mental health factors that are relevant to a woman s marital experience and the decision to stay or leave an abusive marriage Empirical data has been reviewed to provide preliminary support to such theoretical claims Thereafter the paper adopts a single case study approach to converge such a theoretical framework with the lived experience of a woman seeking divorce in India to expose an all-encompassing understanding of the intersection of gender marriage and divorce in India The study has revealed several hypotheses that warrant critical examination and empirical studies