Let us cut right to the chase, or, as my friend Swati texted me early one morning last week, “Interview dekha?” Soon after, my friend Aneela from across the border, sent me a photo from Karachi’s Women’s Day Aurat March, saying “from the aurat march straight to Harry and Meghan”. The poster said “Izzat ke maare kitna chup chaap rahein” (Until when must we be silent for honour?). To which truth of family life we can only say, “were you silent? Or were you silenced?”

Agar saaz chheda, tarane banenge, yaniki, if there is an interview, there will be memes. Queer memes, Zoom class memes, but most of all, South Asian sasural memes. The dubbed Punjabi videos: “Main maasi Oprah, ki dasaan, pehle te sab vadde change, bade lush-push te vyah kitta, agle din sareyan di akhaan badal gayeen” (‘a posh wedding, Aunty Oprah, but next day it all changed.’) I will be saying lush-push forever now, be ready. The Balaji saas-bahu edit, featuring thunderbolt-and-lightning repeat cuts. The filmi memes: “The queen told Meghan pankha band kar, yeh tere baap ka ghar nahin hai”, the K3G poster featuring the Royal Family and the sasural genda phool meme, with Oprah going “oye hoye oye, oye hoye oye”.