The Perfect Groom eBook Sumeetha Manikandan
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Very little has gone right in Nithya’s young life. So, when a proposal from a young, handsome NRI comes along, her mother jumps at the opportunity and packs her daughter off to the US with her perfect groom.
Nithya seems to have settled in with Ashok, ostensibly happy, if as yet childless, in her new life. When an old flame comes back into her life, however, the cracks in her perfect marriage begin to show…
The Perfect Groom eBook Sumeetha Manikandan
This was a great quick read. If you love south Asian romances do give this one a try. Realistic characters, but occasionally reminiscent of Tamil "serials" with some dramatic characters like the villainous uncle. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some minor editing issues but a nice debut novella.Product details
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The Perfect Groom eBook Sumeetha Manikandan Reviews
The Perfect Groom by Sumeetha Manikandan is yet another sweet love story and accounts of a young married woman who goes through the torments and pangs of her not-so-perfect marriage.
Thanks to Indireads for providing me with a copy of this book, in return for an honest review.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, a German philosopher of the late 19th century, has once quoted
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
Sumeetha Manikandan, is one such author, who has described and made us felt the gravity of Nietzsche's powerful quotation, in her book, The Perfect Groom. The protagonist, Nithya's loneliness and unhappiness are the cry to many such women who too are trapped, like Nithya, in their loveless marriage.
Nithya, her sister and her mother are spending their lives as being the servant of Nithya's uncle's household. In order to save her daughter's not so glorious fate under their uncle's so called care, Nithya's mother sets her marriage with a rich, handsome NRI, and luckily, NRI Ashok was on the lookout for an obedient and well-behaved Indian wife and Nithya happens to fit the bill. But soon after reaching U.S, Nithya realizes that she is trapped in a loveless marriage, although Ashok provided her with all the material needs but he couldn't be a friend to her and when Nithya remains childless after her marriage, she undergoes the torments and bickering of her rude mother-in-law. There she comes across her old flame, Vasu, and soon Nithya finds an inkling in her heart, but being a married woman, her brain stops her from getting weak towards Vasu, whereas it is becoming difficult to control her heart's desire.
Sumeetha Manikandan's style of weaving this enticing journey of a lonely woman is quite crisp and emphatic. From the very beginning of the book, Nithya has been portrayed as a lonely girl, living under her uncle's care and then suddenly being forced to get married to a man who couldn't extend his hand in being the perfect companion to her, thus implicating that Nithya has been a victim of misery and bad luck and unhappiness from a very tender age, and this captures every reader's soul towards her fate. I loved how the author had that control over all her characters, starting from Nithya's mom to her Uncle and Aunt to her mother-in-law. Each character is developed quite well and can be related to the mindsets of individuals who behave similarly in reality. Nithya's emotions are so raw and strikingly described that you can almost feel her pain and sadness from our very own hearts. The chemistry between Nithya and Vasu has also been handled very smoothly and is quite remarkably represented. Overall, the author might have written this novella based on a social issue, but she has crafted the tale very intriguingly and passionately.
Read this book for sure, to get enthralled by the author's use of simplistic words to create a remarkable journey of a young lonely married woman.
There are stories and then there are Stories. Every story should have a storyline which touches one's soul, a reader can resonate and end of the day does two things. Go to sleep with a smile and dreams of Salmaan Khan or contemplate about the biggest question in the universe. What if? What if I was Nithya? What if I was the NRI housewife who had to go through all that she is going through. What if my life is a series of unnatural events. I shiver to think what I will do under such circumstances.
Sumeetha Manikandan in her introduction to this short novella and in some of the interviews I have read about her has made it clear that this story is a take off from a real life incident. First of all Hats off to whoever Nithya is. She deserves the respect of every married woman.
Nithya belongs to a middle class family. She, along with her sister and mother, is under the ‘care’ of their Uncle. Her biggest bone of contention with her Uncle, is that they have kept her mom as a glorified servant of the house and both Nithya and her sis would have had to follow the same path had not a relative taken up the expenses of their education. But all her education is swept aside, when she is forced to marry an NRI who wanted a docile Indian wife.
Sumeetha weaves the story around the couple, giving her readers just the right amount of glimpses of what Nithya’s married life was like. We see her unhappiness, her loneliness and her desire for companionship. The question is why. Why was her husband Ashok an utter cad?
Then enters Vasu, Her childhood friend with whom her marriage was almost fixed. Vasu who had suffered the same way as she had under the ‘generous’ nature of their uncle. They had a common past that binds them together. What they had not expected was the smoldering passion, which was never there before, to suddenly erupt between them. On one hand Nithya is bound by tradition and marriage and on the other hand, her heart finally starts beating with the love she had for so long craved. Where will this journey of Nithya end?
What I liked ….
Such a short story packed with such a big social issue. Nithya’s journey to discover her own self is very beautifully etched. Sumeetha has done a wonderful job in introducing her readers to the beautiful Mylapore. She lets us peak into the Tamil Culture of India with such minute details that I really felt I was walking on the streets of Kumbokonam. From Mylapore to California, the journey we see through Nithya’eyes is commendable.
The strong female protagonist is another plus point of this story. Nithya is not a cry baby waiting for the hero to save her. She is not a paragon of virtue who faints every time her harmones remind her that she is also a woman with desires. Her being a strong woman, taking care of her mom and sis is both her strength and poison. Her reason to lead the life that Ashok forces her to lead.
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Nice way to while away the time.
The Perfect Groom was a very good book. Sumeetha Manikandan pictured the human emotions very beautifully. I want to see more books by this author.
This was a great quick read. If you love south Asian romances do give this one a try. Realistic characters, but occasionally reminiscent of Tamil "serials" with some dramatic characters like the villainous uncle. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some minor editing issues but a nice debut novella.
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