Tina Biswas joins the British Asian bandwagon of novelists that have stormed across the Atlantic in recent years.While some have gone as far as to compare her to another ingénue,Monica Ali of Brick Lane fame,her sensibilities are far from the clichéd,heart wrenching tragedies of new immigrants...

Fat,unsophisticated Mousumi is on her way to visit her cosmopolitan relations in London. She is welcomed by the Majumdar family: Prakash,a doctor with too much heart,who is married to Tuhina,a steely investment banker.But it is Darshini,their glamorous daughter,who really fascinates her. Darshini and Mousumi are total opposites,and Mousumi just can't beat Darshini's Princess credentials.The two of them form a love-hate relationship,until one day Mousumi's feisty personality begins to assert itself. Tina Biswas'first novel is an exuberant comedy of cultural misunderstanding and people who simply don't get on. Whose side will you be taking?