the villages through a one-page questionnaire in local language (Gujarati). The VHWs were females belonging to the village in which they conducted the survey. Their mean age and mean years of schooling were 44.65 years and 9 years, respectively. A one-day training programme comprising didactic sessions and hands on exercises was organised for the VHWs for the data collection process. The training was extended on field as well where the VHWs did the data collection under supervision in the initial phase. The process of data collection lasted from September 2012 to December 2013. The data collection process was supervised by 3 Field Supervisors (FS) and 3 Programme Executives (PEs). The FS checked all the forms for completeness and 10% for quality of data collection by cross verification throughfor having "deviated from the source material in effective ways". Owen Gleiberman of Variety praised the cast and called the film a "romantic drama that gets so far into the mystique of its era that it takes you somewhere you’ve never been." Anya Jaremko-Greenwold of FLOOD Magazine wrote that "while men might fail to recognize how intimidating the expectation of sex can be for women, it’s something McEwan’s novel (and the film, for which he wrote the screenplay) hinges upon with exquisite delicacy."

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