A good Indian wife by Anne Cherian

Cherian, Anne. A good Indian wife, New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.

Anne Cherian writes about an arranged marriage between Anaesthesiologist Neel Sarath and Leila, a local English teacher.  Neel who is a fully assimilated Indian-American doctor,  returns to India, to see his ailing grandfather.  

Whilst visiting, to appease his family, Neel agrees to marry Leila, thinking it would be only a marriage of convenience.  On his return to America, he continues with his girlfriend Caroline, and Leila plays along unsuspecting even when their marriage is not consummated. 

However, soon Leila finds her own support group and thinks about studying creative writing at Berkeley. When grand father dies, things come to a head, as Caroline, thinks Neel would divorce Leila and marry her.  However, things are not as simple as they may appear.

Anne Cherian was born and raised in Jamshedpur, India.  She graduated from Bombay and bangalore Universities and obtained a graduate degree in journalism and comparative literature  from the University of California, Berkeley.