One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat

I didn’t know what to do next. Should I look shy? Should I giggle? Should I give him a hug? Like an idiot, I shook hands with hi ...

Bachelor Party for Mr Brijesh Gulati at Club Cubana (8 p.m.) ...

Bachelorette Party for Ms Radhika Mehta at LPK (8 p.m.) ‘You have organized buses for the bachelor parties?’ I said. ‘Yes, ma’am ...

enthusiastic to be complete strangers. It took me a second to place them. All right, they were my in- laws. Mr Aadarsh Gulati an ...

P 2 alm trees along the Marriott pool swayed green in the breeze. The 5 p.m. December sun lit up the hotel’s cottages, casting g ...

‘That’s there. I still want to do it,’ Brijesh said. ‘So then?’ ‘Facebook is hard to leave. The salary, stock options and benefi ...

all, he was speaking to a distracted idiot like me. ‘Yeah, Goldman is on California Street, downtown.’ My phone buzzed a few mor ...

‘Decent. Getting to know him,’ I said, plonking myself on the sofa. I took out my phone again. Why? Why am I taking out my phone ...

‘Wow! Destination wedding and all.’ I didn’t respond. To distract myself I asked Aditi didi a deep existential question: ‘What s ...

‘I am coming,’ he said. ‘What?’ I typed back, mouth open. ‘I am coming to India. Let me check flights.’ ‘Are you nuts?’ ‘No, rea ...

‘D 3 idi, let’s go, the bus is waiting,’ I said. Aditi didi had spent the last two hours changing in and out of a dozen dresses. ...

‘Everyone is above eighteen,’ didi said firmly. ‘Some people in your group do look underage, ma’am,’ he said. ‘It’s okay. Give t ...

‘Okay,’ Aditi didi announced. ‘Let’s play “challenge the bride”. Everyone will give the bride a dare. And Radhika has to do it.’ ...

‘Oh my God. It’s Brijesh jiju and his gang!’ Saloni said. Brijesh came up to me on the dance floor. ‘Not allowed, not allowed,’ ...

I 4 t was 4 in the afternoon. Everyone who’d partied last night had a hangover. We had come back to the hotel at 6 in the mornin ...

temple. Marigold flowers in parabolic shapes adorned the walls. At the centre was a huge picture of Sai Baba. My parents believe ...

‘Here,’ she said and handed it to me. I had only 5 per cent battery left. I checked my messages. Brijesh had sent me some about ...

‘I wanted to pray. For my mission to be successful.’ ‘What mission?’ ‘To win you back. The most important thing in the world for ...

New York Four Years Ago ...

‘B 5 ay-gulls. That’s how you pronounce them, spelt b-a-g-e-l-s,’ Avinash said at the breakfast counter on 85 Broad Street, worl ...