Navtej Sarna’s We were not lovers like that is the story of missed opportunities and unfulfilled loves. The protagonist Aftab’s life comes undone with the start of the new millennium. He turns 40 and his wife leaves him for another man, taking their only child with her. Aftab takes the train to Dehradun, the town of his childhood. He looks back on his imperfect past, crowded with compromises. A ray of hope saves him from despair; he thinks he can start afresh.