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This novel is about two families- one Kerala bureaucratic family and other Punjabi business family living in Delhi. The pretty Kerala professional girl is in love with the handsome, rich, eligible Punjabi colleague and the differences between the two families are so marked and sharp that before they think of setting up a meeting of their parents, they have to find some sort of acceptance for themselves within their partner's family. This leads them on to a hilarious journey of gaining acceptance from their prospective spouse's family.<br></br> Gone are the days when parents made all the decisions in Indian marriages. The concept of marriage is changing fast. Realizing that marriages involve their parents as much as themselves, Indian youth want to orchestrate a meeting between the two sets of parents with oodles of Indian panache. The first meeting between the two set of families is not limited to bashful Indian girl serving tea. The girl and the boy have to seriously market themselves and so is the case with their parents With geographical, cultural and social differences of a higher degree, the task becomes increasingly complex. <br></br> The young generation cashing on the fact that Indian weddings being a family bond are keen to show their parents that they have made the right choices and this puts up the parents for display in the marriage market.