Virginity! really, Who thinks of that? I have not heard even a single friend of mine, talking about this crap. We all have affairs before marriage. Physical intimacy is the part of that. It has nothing to do with someone's character. The absence of the female hymen does reveal anything. Girls can lose it in various activities.
I do not think that rejecting a girl because she had a physical relationship with someone is an act of a real man.
In your story, Ritu chose to remain single but for whom? A man who does not honour an individuals love? Did he ask permission from his mother before getting into the relationship? Ritu took a stupid decision to live for a moment which happened with a spineless man.
I do not understand this concept of a girl about a divorced man. You mean to say that a divorced man only accepts a non-virgin girl because he himself is a non-virgin? I do not agree with you. Did I ask my X about her virginity before getting married? No! Did I pay any attention to it while having sex with her for the first time? No!
I do not think that virginity has any relevance to the character. It is love and only love which matters.