One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat

options. They liked your work. So.. .’ He left the sentence hanging. ‘Whatever you say,’ I said. ‘I won’t staff you if you don’t ...

outside the Cartier store in Hong Kong. I noticed a fat solitaire on her ring finger. Three carats, I guessed. ‘Sorry, Radhika, ...

‘I understand you must be on a diet. Trust me, I go through the same,’ Kusum said and smiled at me. So now what? Were we bonding ...

‘Eat the vegetables too, Siya,’ Neel said. Siya didn’t comply. Neel moved over to her and began to feed her with a spoon. I ate ...

‘I am quite full. Really, thanks so much,’ I said. ‘Really?’ she said. ‘We hardly spoke.’ ‘I am sure we will meet up soon,’ I sa ...

F 29 or most women, it is that time of the month. For my mother, it is that time of the week. The time when she goes hysterical ...

‘You have this hang-up about qualification.’ ‘Mom, how is education a hang-up? I am an MBA.’ ‘So he has done BPharm. He is think ...

‘We miss you. Don’t you miss New York?’ ‘Yeah, I do. Miss you guys,’ I said. I finished the call and sat in my bed. I saw the ti ...

‘What do you want me to say? Go see a counsellor? Work on your marriage? What?’ I typed back. ‘Nothing. I am telling you facts f ...

‘W 30 Three months later ho is it?’ I said. I walked up to answer the doorbell in my nightclothes. I was watching the Filmfare A ...

home because you had a tiff with your wife. Tomorrow she will bake cookies for you and you will be home with her. What does that ...

‘Thanks,’ I said. ‘And the bottom line,’ Josh said. ‘Your number, or your bonus for the year, is 350,000 dollars.’ My heart skip ...

interrupted him. ‘Please don’t do things like that.’ ‘Well, I didn’t. And it’s hurtful you think I would. I don’t need to pay yo ...

‘I don’t think so. I do fine on my own.’ ‘There is an age, beta. You get the best matches then. After that, a girl’s appeal decl ...

N 31 Dragon-I restaurant, Central, Hong Kong eel and I had come for dim sum, the traditional Chinese dumplings, at the posh Drag ...

away. I can’t hold your hand here, can I? Even though you do like to spoon me at night, isn’t it?’ Neel looked around. The close ...

desire to join the ISIS. ‘Yeah. Why?’ ‘I thought you were career-minded.’ ‘Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean?’ I said, my ...

‘Your weekend trip to Delhi and talking to your mother has really shaken you up.’ ‘Maybe I needed to be shaken up. To really thi ...

My stomach hurt. When I went to the bathroom I discovered that Neel was right. It was that time of the month. In the middle of a ...

harbour. ‘You make me feel so bloody guilty,’ he said. ‘You should feel bloody guilty,’ I said, still without looking at him. ‘W ...