“Akshay Tara” is a typical rich boy poor girl romance after arranged marriage. However the book is different from most other books available from indian authors like Chetan Bhagat as it has highlighted the great differences in India society, between those who are wealthy and the middle class, lower middle class, their lifestyle , food that they consume, and living with an extremely limited budget. Most of the books from Indian authors are usually describing the life of wealthy indians and mostly upper middle class indians, they do not provide any information on the poorer people. This attitude continues online also, as many bloggers say that everyone has a smartphone, when many indian citizens do not have food to eat

The book is very detailed, the author has provided very detailed information about the differences in the life of wealthy and lower middle class indians. For example he describes how the heroine Tara, who comes from a relatively poor family has been using rice costing Rs 18 per kilo, while in rich families like the family of the hero, Akshay Dev, the rice used is costing Rs 125 per kilo. The story is based in Mumbai, and about a rich industrialist family the Dev family, owning factories and having may assets. Most of the book is devoted to the various romances of the hero Akshay and his brother Samarth, rich indian families, club life, parties and dating.

The hero and heroine of the story Akshay Tara are good looking tall and almost without any kind of flaw, so the really interesting characters in the book are the various vamps and villians like Ria, the sister in law of Akshay, Rambha, his mother in law, his ex girlfriend Shehnaz and others. Samarth is married to his neighbour Jiya, a fairly common practise in Mumbai, however their marriage is on the rocks, as they have many disputes. Ria is Jiya’s sister who had an open relationship with Akshay and is upset when he agrees to marry Tara, soon after meeting her. Her “people skills” and ability to manipulate people by telling lies are the most revealing parts of the book.

Tara has been born after her eldest sister was born, and the problems faced by her , are commonly faced by those whose parents have married late or who have been born to older parents. In India most people are getting married and having children in their twenties, and those with older parents face a number of problems, especially girls, as young girls are often harassed by men including relatives, who are trying to exploit them. In india, single women living alone are ruthlessly harassed, defamed, cheated and exploited, so the father is always worried about what will happen to his single daughter, after his death.

The book again highlights how the beauty of a woman is the most important consideration for getting a rich husband, and early marriage is most suitable for girls in India. The domain investor owning this website, was put under surveillance for more than 7 years, as powerful fraud intelligence, NTRO employees allegedly falsely claimed that they were interested . However as another person, who was a real well wisher said, it was very cruel to put a single woman under surveillance denying her privacy, broadcast the details worldwide without her permission as most powerful and wealthy men are only interested in having good looking girlfriend and wife.

The well wisher was right as the powerful fraud ntro employees shamelessly misused the name of the domain investor, stole her resume for which she had worked hard, to get all their inexperienced lazy fraud good looking girlfriends like nayanshree hathwar, riddhi nayak (who looks like actress kangana ranaut), eighth standard pass gujju housewife naina, ruchika king, sunaina, veena, deepika, asmita patel, lucrative R&AW, CBI jobs with the stolen resume of the domain investor . Now in 2017, the ntro employees have got their good looking girlfriends lucrative indian intelligence jobs with monthly salary the stolen resume of the domain investor, google competitor and are now conveniently refusing to reply to the domain investor whose resume, savings, correspondence and memory they have ruthlessly and shamelessly stolen.

Those interested in knowing about marriage, dating, relationships in India in western India,specifically Mumbai, should check the book.

Akshay Tara
Author : Neha
Publisher : Notion Press, 2017
Pages 308