Farahad Zama is a British novelist. His first book The Marriage Bureau for Rich People won the Melissa Nathan Prize for best Comedy Romance Novel and was short-listed for Best Published Fiction at the Muslim Writers Awards. Zama was short-listed for Best New Writer of /5(). The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama caught my eye as a possible light break. It was actually perfect for a fun comfort read about a culture that I love reading about. In the story Mr. Ali, a retired civil service worker, opens a matchmaking business on the veranda of his house in an attempt to keep himself busy and out of his Reviews: The Marriage Bureau for Rich People paints a slow-paced but engaging portrait of the lives of Mr. Ali and his family, their assistant Aruna, and the clients who come to seek out their services. What I enjoyed most about this book was the access it offered into the exotic complexities of Indian culture/5.
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People paints a slow-paced but engaging portrait of the lives of Mr. Ali and his family, their assistant Aruna, and the clients who come to seek out their services. What I enjoyed most about this book was the access it offered into the exotic complexities of Indian culture. The Marriage Bureau For Rich People. Farahad Zama. Berkley, Jun 1 , $ ISBN: In Kapu, India, Mr. Ali tried retirement only to find it tedious. Needing something to do as the ennui is fossilizing his brain, the bored Muslim opens up a marriage bureau. Mr. Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama. By Shyam K. Sriram / 8 October The worst marriage advice I ever received was, ironically, at a wedding. I was minding my own business at a.
This book topped the list of ‘Page Turners to pick up in ’, published by Hindustan Times. The article said ‘Set in an Indian Marriage bureau and billed as Jane Austen meets McCall Smith, the book is charming, funny and acutely observed.’. Author: Farahad Zama. A nice effort by Zama to capture the realities of ordinary people in a small town in Southern India. Through a Marriage Bureau opened by a retired man Mr. Ali, he details how matches in arranged marriages are made in a pragmatic, business-like manner, and the pressure the characters face from the society around them to oblige. Preview — The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People Quotes Showing of “There is no point in getting rich if we lose our soul along the way.”. ― Farahad Zama, The Marriage Bureau for Rich People. tags: rich, soul.
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