The Wedding Tamasha

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pulled her in for a brief kiss. And then she’d giggled. He’d pulled backimmediately, looking hurt, and had openly avoided her after that. Shepushed those breath-racing thoughts away. She was glad Neha had hungup.Done with her call to her mother as well, Shweta heaped somebiryani on her plate and settled on the bed with Max, this timedetermined to finish the movie Queen in one sitting.Her thoughts, however, kept drifting back to Niru more times thanshe could help.
CHAPTER NINE‘Her husband will see right through this,’ Pete said. ‘Besides Idon’t have the authority to…well, flaunt my authority. It’s against thelaw!’Shweta had begged Julie to ask Pete for help. Julie, in turn, hadpleaded with Pete. ‘Just think you’re doing it for a friend. You know herlife depends on it. Without the passport, she can’t go home.’It took all of Julie’s persuasive powers to get Pete to agree to a visitto Raj’s house.Pete agreed on the condition that he’d do it during off-duty hoursand that Shweta and Max would drive separately in Max’s pickup insteadof going with him in the squad car. He was anxious even as he agreed todo it. ‘This can cost me my job, Abuela! I don’t know why I’m doingthis.’So, one late evening, after about ten days had passed since thebreak-in, Pete, and Max and Shweta, drove up to Raj’s house separatelyafter Pete’s regular shift had ended. Shweta was instructed to keep herhead down and not say anything until specifically asked to. The lights inRaj’s house were on. Only Pete and Shweta made their way to Raj’shouse and rang his doorbell.Raj took a few minutes to open the door. He was wearing an old T-shirt and shorts and his chin had grown a thick stubble. His grey eyesregistered surprise when he saw Shweta standing right next to Pete.Pulling off the glasses perched on his long hook-nose, he stopped justshort of yelling, 'You!'Pete flashed his badge. ‘I’m Officer Peter Rodriguez,’ he said. ‘Areyou Mr Raj Valsan?’Raj turned to Pete. ‘Yes, sir, I am.’‘We have a complaint from Ms Shweta Menon regarding a lostpassport and we have reason to believe that it is in your possession. Ineed you to hand it over to me please.’Though not as tall as Pete, Raj was huge and menacing. His openmouth turned up at the corners, baring his pointy canines. ‘I don’t know
Page 2 and 3: THE WEDDING TAMASHASudha Nair
Page 4 and 5: “The Wedding Tamasha is a fantast
Page 6 and 7: Title PageCopyrightDedicationCHAPTE
Page 8 and 9: CHAPTER ONEShweta froze at the sigh
Page 10 and 11: The café had a seating for about a
Page 12 and 13: CHAPTER TWOMonday was Shweta’s da
Page 14 and 15: ‘Don’t mention it. It was an ir
Page 16 and 17: CHAPTER THREEMax was late again the
Page 18 and 19: 'Yes, Ma. Why did you call?''There
Page 20 and 21: day. I’m going for a walk, and af
Page 22 and 23: ‘I mean it! I gave him a black ey
Page 24 and 25: me. I’m so happy I’m going. Now
Page 26 and 27: The mention of her brother-in-law M
Page 28 and 29: ‘I’ve seen worse criminal acts.
Page 30 and 31: CHAPTER SIXShweta called Raj's apar
Page 32 and 33: ‘He’d never notice because he n
Page 34 and 35: ‘Nothing,’ Shweta said, not wan
Page 36 and 37: CHAPTER EIGHTBiryani soon became a
Page 40 and 41: what you’re talking about, office
Page 42 and 43: Pete flipped open the passport and
Page 44 and 45: CHAPTER TENBy the end of September,
Page 46 and 47: Shweta shredded the lettuce into th
Page 48 and 49: Wiping her hands on a towel, her mo
Page 50 and 51: bloom. The narrow road stretched in
Page 52 and 53: Shweta. The queen of suspense here
Page 54 and 55: CHAPTER THIRTEENLunch that afternoo
Page 56 and 57: ‘Here.’ Shweta threw her pillow
Page 58 and 59: Julie had smiled as Shweta went up
Page 60 and 61: Mohan, her brother-in-law, a cardio
Page 62 and 63: her eyes.‘Even Keertana and I pla
Page 64 and 65: CHAPTER FIFTEENShweta hoped her fat
Page 66 and 67: something small too. It took me a w
Page 68 and 69: anything until after the wedding an
Page 70 and 71: away on the same street. But to her
Page 72 and 73: you have to tell Savitri Auntie abo
Page 74 and 75: of any cake recipe. That was the Sh
Page 76 and 77: ‘Why are you wasting time now?’
Page 78 and 79: they liked. They bought the one he
Page 80 and 81: ‘Not today. I’m expecting a cou
Page 82 and 83: Mohan glanced over and gave her a b
Page 84 and 85: After setting the dining table, Shw
Page 86 and 87: CHAPTER TWENTYSimbu landed in Banga
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Her long distance examination of th
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONEShweta and Neha w
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demonstrate the sort of bouffant he
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‘Back for me?’ she snorted and
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of the dance floor. He turned to he
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEBack in her roo
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Max rose to leave after the movie e
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Shweta glared at her mother. That
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single thing I could do. Especially
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As Shweta relaxed beside him, it so
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEWhile the mehend
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Shweta felt better after she’d do
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXShweta tasted a f
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admonishment.Shweta frowned, blinki
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the universe in the jar that her so
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saucers, mimicked Raj. ‘Where the
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She paused right before Neha’s do
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‘Please, Prabhu,’ she pleaded w
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She absolutely couldn’t refuse. N
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outside the exit door. She headed t
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the back, and inquiring about the f
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More than the what, it was how Niru
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Mohan came out of the shower wrappe
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The bride’s procession arrived so
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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONEThe kitchen was b
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leave, either. You know, it could h
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‘Weren’t you expecting me?’ H
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‘How much money did Raj offer you
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREEShweta stayed i
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bouncer at the entrance gave her a
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Everyone nodded. Neha immediately t
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could probably join you.’ She tur
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Shweta limped, making her way to th
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A shrill whistle sounded suddenly.
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someone. When I told this to Neha,
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXPrabhu lay on the
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He paused to catch his breath. Righ
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENHer mother, Sim
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misery—anymore. As far as she was
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whisky but accepted it graciously n
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‘What?’Should she tell Neha?
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where her dad tried to make her smi
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CHAPTER FORTYIt had been weeks sinc
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But she couldn’t wait to catch Ne
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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE‘You look so gau
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The gentleness in his tone caught h
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subject, and Bindu focused on the t
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Savitri held out a box of sweets sh
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREEShweta called Ne
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Niru hadn’t been able to take his
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CHAPTER FORTY-FOURShweta lay lazily
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together. ‘What d’you think?’
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‘I love you,’ he said, his voic
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too,’ she couldn’t help exclaim
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis debut novel is
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ABOUT THE AUTHORSUDHA NAIR lives in
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