Thirty-year-old Tarun, who has learning difficulties wants to get married. His family is horrified. They consider him incapable of raising a family. This is dramatic story of Tarun's struggles to find a wife in a society where marriages are arranged by the family. His boss's daughter, Sangeeta, is trying to befriend him, while he has fallen in love with Manju, the daughter of his house cleaner. The problem is Manju is already married. Will Tarun overcome the obstacles?
Anil Nijhawan Knihy
Tento autor skúma zložitosť ľudskej skúsenosti s jedinečným rozprávačským štýlom, ktorý čitateľov vtiahne do hĺbky svojich tém. Jeho diela často skúmajú témy identity, pamäti a hľadania zmyslu v rýchlo sa meniacom svete. Prostredníctvom prenikavých postáv a živého jazyka pozýva čitateľov na cestu sebapoznania a porozumenia. Autorov prístup sa vyznačuje precíznou dikciou a evokatívnym zobrazením, ktoré zanecháva trvalý dojem.


Kalu, kidnapped from an orphanage at the age of fourteen and trained to pick pockets, is forced into a gang of thieves in Bangalore. When Babu, their ruthless gang master, murders his best friend Ramesh, Kalu - fearing for his own life - runs away to Kolkata. While still being pursued by Babu he meets and falls in love with with Tanya, an educated girl from an upper middle-class family. This powerful novel presents life in contemporary India with vivid realism. Evocative and beautifully written, it embraces a wide range of human emotions and has many intensely dramatic scenes.