India, Sept. 2 -- We live in a time when women earn their own money, build careers, run businesses and are perfectly capable of paying for their own dinner. But does equality mean every restaurant bill needs to be split down the middle? In this edition of 'The social rules nobody taught us', HT Lifestyle spoke to counsellor, Ankita Kaul, to understand how to navigate the often-awkward bill conversation.

"I don't think so. For me, a man paying for a meal has never been about whether a woman can afford it. It is about the gesture of providing and taking care of someone," said Ankita. She further highlighted that providing does not mean extravagance. A man does not need to take a woman to a five-star restaurant and spend beyond his means to...