I n many ways, Chetan Bhagat’s latest book, 12 Years: My Messed Up Love Story, is true to its title: it’s a tale as old as time — boy meets girl, they fall in love, the girl’s family objects, causing a long, painful separation. Eventually, there is vindication and love conquers all. Only, there are some key differences: the girl, Payal Jain, is a 21-year-old virgin, fresh out of college, who has never been kissed and knows nothing about dating. The boy is not a boy at all — he is a 33-year-old man, Saket Khurana, in the middle of a messy divorce, bitter and mad at womankind (because of a “greedy b*tch” of a soon-to-be ex-wife, of course), with two full careers behind him. The girl’s family objects to the match because of all the usual reasons — he is not Jain, he drinks, eats meat and is

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