“Simi!” Mom yells, and I know when she says my name like that she’s either going to buy this thing or walk out of Singh’s Emporium and start over. Someone give me a medal for not screaming. I tilt my head to squint at the abstract geometric design of the cushion. They balance the coffee table nicely, too. “The pattern on the cushions has such positive energy. “These colors are a great match, no?” Mom thinks maroon and gold are predestined to be together. But today they’re making me want to rip the stuffing out of the beautiful silk cushion I’m holding, just like our dog, Sweetie, did when she was a puppy. Stuck with them since birth, I can usually put up with this.
My mom and masi are third-generation professional matchmakers, so that’s the way they see everything. It’s actually the way my family sees pairing people.
Welcome to my life, where this isn’t a bit of feng shui or vaastu. There must be balance, harmony, and excitement between the sofa and the side table, the lampshade and the rug-just as there is balance, harmony, and excitement between two people who are perfect for each other.
Matching furniture is like matching couples. T HE S HAGUN M ATCHMAKING G UIDE chapter one Those who make such accidents happen are blessed indeed. (Sept.Sometimes an accident is no accident, but a way to bring hearts together. And Bajpai creates a memorable character in Simi, who shines at the center of the matchmaking web as she narrates this winning romance. The inclusion of prejudices faced by marginalized people (both Indian and LGBTQ) balanced with loving support from their communities creates additional layers of complexity. The central romance abounds with chemistry, and each center-stage friendship is loving and supportive without sacrificing authenticity or conflict. debut, Bajpai tells a rousing story that is as enjoyable as it is heartfelt.
With help from Simi’s tech-inclined older brother, the friends develop an app, Matched!, which turns their love lives-and Mayfield High’s social order-upside down. A passionate artist, Simi wants nothing to with pairing people up, but Noah convinces her that matching the students at school is the best way to leave their mark. When Simi’s habitual klutziness causes her glamorous cousin to meet a sweet, ambitious future attorney, Simi’s mother and aunt-both third-generation Indian vicholis, or matchmakers-are convinced that she has the matchmaking gift. In New Jersey, Indian-American Simi and her best friend, Noah, who is white and gay, have decided that sophomore year is going to be their time to stand out.
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