Simi is an artist, and one of the art forms she uses is mehendi. It’s hard to make the choice to be your authentic self when it doesn’t fit other people’s idea of cool, and I enjoyed writing about her doing that. I also loved how she decided that she did not need permission from anyone to try and make an impact and leave her own mark in the world. I liked her loyalty to her friends and family and how she tried to defend others instead of being a bystander. She did respect her family history but had to push back and test their methods in her own way. Simi was a fun character to write and it was interesting to try to understand her and be in her head.
What did you enjoy most about writing her? It’s like automating the very hands-on approach of her foremothers with a lot of help from modern technology. The answers are run through an algorithm designed by her tech savvy brother and that’s how the app finds matches. what’s funny?” Simi implements this by creating quizzes and memes for her peers to answer and rate in her dating app. Ask yourself: Do they agree on what’s right, what’s important, and. To quote from the Shagun Matchmaking Guide, the book passed down in Simi’s family, “Common sense can help judge the suitability of a match.
They judge compatibility by paying attention to shared values, priorities, and aesthetics instead of more superficial qualities. Simi has watched her mother and aunt match people all her life and has definitely picked up on their methods. The synopsis for A MATCH MADE IN MEHENDI really grabbed my attention! Can you tell us more about the matchmaking Simi uses-and turns into an app-in the book?
Armed with her family’s ancient guide to finding love, Simi starts a matchmaking service-via an app, of course.īut when she helps connect a wallflower of a girl with the star of the boys’ soccer team, she turns the high school hierarchy topsy-turvy, soon making herself public enemy number one. That is, until she realizes this might be just the thing to improve her and her best friend Noah’s social status. When Simi accidentally sets up her cousin and a soon-to-be lawyer, her family is thrilled that she has the “gift.”īut Simi is an artist, and she doesn’t want to have anything to do with relationships, helicopter parents, and family drama. We are so excited to have Nandini Bajpai on our blog today to talk about her latest book, A MATCH MADE IN MEHENDI:įifteen-year-old Simran “Simi” Sangha comes from a long line of Indian vichole-matchmakers-with a rich history for helping parents find good matches for their grown children.
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