India, April 3 -- If '90s romcoms have taught us anything, it's that people broke up differently in the pre-smartphone era. Jilted lovers nursed their solitude in dark rooms, with Chris Isaak playing in the background. There was ice-cream, maybe Chardonnay. They cried into the night and achieved closure by sunrise. But they were quiet and dignified about it. Talking about breaking up was cringe and brought on unsolicited advice. So, heartbreak, even when dramatic, was rarely documented.

Today, that dark room has a ring light. The sad song is a Bollywood ballad shrieking through a Reel. The broken-hearted cry on the shoulders of their audience. They post videos titled, "POV: It's been a year and you still can't move on." The ugly crying i...