by Samira Ahmed

High-school senior Maya, daughter of a Muslim Indian-American family in suburban Chicago, longs to find her own romantic partner and attend NYU film school, in defiance of her parents.

by Rosie Dastgir

When Harris, a Pakistani patriarch, receives a windfall following his divorce settlement, he struggles to identify the most deserving family member to benefit from his largesse, motivated by his devout Islamic faith and his strong affection for his extended family.

by Sonali Dev

It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep.

 

by Roopa Farooki

There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting your heart's desire - and the other? Getting it.

by Leah Franqui

Recently widowed Pival Sengupta books a trip Kolkota to New York and then on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi.

by Mira Jacob

"But what a calamity! An abomination! Divorced from the mother and the motherland in one fell swoop? Who could have seen such a thing coming? Certainly not Amina, who by age eleven was well versed enough in tragedy to understand that it came with tinkling music and bad weather."

by Sonya Lalli

Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn't mean she has to like it -- or that she has to play by the rules.

by Amulya Malladi

Every young Indian leaving the homeland for the United States is given the following orders by their parents: Don’t eat any cow (It’s still sacred!), don’t go out too much, save (and save, and save) your money, and most important, do not marry a foreigner.

by Sandhya Menon

It's not always as easy as boy meets girl. In the case of Rishi Patel and Dimple Shah, it's more like boy is arranged to marry girl, and girl attacks boy with iced coffee. 

 

by Rakesh Satyal

Harit, a department store salesman, has recently lost his sister; his mother, catatonic with grief, only reacts when Harit dons a sari and channels his dead sibling. Ranjana seems better-adjusted, but the gulf in her arranged marriage widens when her only child goes to college; her single true fulfillment is writing vampire romances that she'd never share with her family.

by Nisha Sharma

Winnie Mehta loves film, especially Bollywood movies. She's determined to get into NYU film school and is sure that fellow movie buff Raj is the guy predicted in her birth prophecy. But when Raj finds a new girlfriend, Winnie's world is turned upside down. 

by Sonia Singh

Raveena isn't having much luck in Hollywood as an Indian beauty, so when her agent nabs her a starring role in a Bollywood film, she jumps at the chance and relocates to Bombay. 

by Kaavya Viswanathan

HOWGIH (How Opal Will Get into Harvard): that's the plan, complete with flowcharts, devised by the Mehtas for daughter Opal. But when she blows her interview because she can't tell the dean what she does for fun, a new plan is launched: HOWGAL (How Opal Will Get a Life).

by Farahad Zama

Growing bored of a life of leisure and not nearly pious enough to spend his days praying and socializing in the local mosque, Mr. Ali clearly has to do something to get out of Mrs. Ali's hair. Enter Ali's Marriage Bureau, boasting the "widest choice among Hindu, Muslim, Christian Brides/Grooms."