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Thank you Devika Fernando, for asking me about what inspired me to write The Runaway Bridegroom. :-)
As I was surfing through different TV channels a few years ago, I came across this series that began with a Child Marriage. I was intrigued and watched a couple of episodes in morbid fascination, especially as I am not a fan of TV. While the series went on about how the child bride goes to live in her husband’s home, I somehow could not accept that in this day and age. It seemed bizarre to a person like me who lives in the city.
While my grandmother married my grandfather when she was twelve years old, that was in 1929. My mother was fifteen when she married my father in 1958. But this is the 21st century, the new millennium. Do child marriages happen in the present? That’s when I checked for information on the internet and realised that child marriages are a reality in a country like India even today.
My imagination went overboard, keen to use this premise, then again most definitely not wanting to present it as if it’s the best thing that could happen to humankind. Moreover, I am a writer of romance. Then how would I present child marriage in a novel? That’s when I realised that my bridegroom had to runaway and “The Runaway Bridegroom” was born.
As I was surfing through different TV channels a few years ago, I came across this series that began with a Child Marriage. I was intrigued and watched a couple of episodes in morbid fascination, especially as I am not a fan of TV. While the series went on about how the child bride goes to live in her husband’s home, I somehow could not accept that in this day and age. It seemed bizarre to a person like me who lives in the city.
While my grandmother married my grandfather when she was twelve years old, that was in 1929. My mother was fifteen when she married my father in 1958. But this is the 21st century, the new millennium. Do child marriages happen in the present? That’s when I checked for information on the internet and realised that child marriages are a reality in a country like India even today.
My imagination went overboard, keen to use this premise, then again most definitely not wanting to present it as if it’s the best thing that could happen to humankind. Moreover, I am a writer of romance. Then how would I present child marriage in a novel? That’s when I realised that my bridegroom had to runaway and “The Runaway Bridegroom” was born.
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THE RUNAWAY BRIDEGROOM
by
Sundari Venkatraman
Blurb
Chanda Maheshwari’s family is shaken when her thirteen-year-old bridegroom Veerendra runs away immediately after the wedding. The eight-year-old child doesn’t even understand the impact on her life. Unable to face their neighbours and friends, the Maheshwaris move from their village to Jaipur and begin a new life in the city.
Fourteen years later, Chanda is studying in a Delhi College. She takes up a temporary job at RS Software Pvt. Ltd. and falls head-over-heels for the boss of the operation. But what about Ranveer Singh? Is he interested in her?
Ranveer’s secretary Shikha is desperate to make him fall for her. All she wants is life-long security with a rich man. But it’s nerd Abhimanyu who keeps getting in the way. Abhi is Ranveer’s second-in-command and Shikha isn’t keen on him as she’s eyeing the main chance.
When Ranveer appears to show interest in Chanda, she’s faced with a new problem. Astrologer Vidyasagar insists that she would get back with her husband Veerendra. Does anyone want to know what she wants?
Chanda feels torn between the man she has fallen for and the family values that have been instilled in her. Will she ever find happiness?
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Meet the Author
Sundari Venkatraman has authored four ebooks so far, The Runaway Bridegroom being the latest. Three of her books, namely, The Malhotra Bride; Meghna and The Runaway Bridegroom have all been self-published on Amazon under the banner of Flaming Sun. All three books are regularly seen on Amazon’s Top 100 Bestsellers’ Contemporary Romances list.
A great fan of Mills & Boon romances over the past four decades, Sundari has always believed in ‘Happily Ever Afters’ and all her books promise happy endings.
The Runaway Bridegroom talks about ‘Child Marriage’, an evil perpetrated even in the 21st century in a country like India. While a large number of the country’s population live in the cities and lead modern lives, there are many who follow old customs unaware of the negative impact on the lives of the younger generation.
The book is a work of fiction and of course does not preach. The author has but made an attempt to bring this ancient custom to the eyes of the modern public around the world while bringing a simple solution to the protagonists, the victims of child marriage.
“I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I loved writing it,” says Sundari Venkatraman.
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