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Author: Farahad Zama | Website
Farahad Zama was born in Vizag on the Eastern coast of India in 1966. After obtaining a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering at Kharagpur, near Kolkata, he moved to Mumbai to work for an investment bank. An arranged marriage to a Vizag girl soon followed. His career took him to New York, Zurich and Luxembourg and finally brought him to London for six months. Sixteen years later, Farahad is still in South London with his Vizag girl and two Croydon-born boys.
Farahad works in the City and writes on his commute and at weekends. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People is his first novel. He is delighted with its success – it was a Richard & Judy and Daily Mail book of the month, short listed for Best New Writer of the Year at the British Book Awards, Best Published Fiction at the Muslim Writers Awards and Melissa Nathan Awards for Comedy and Romance. The book is being translated into eight languages.
Farahad is currently working on a sequel.
Published Works & Book Reviews
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
Bored with retirement, Mr. Ali sets up a desk, puts up a sign, and waits for customers for his new matchmaking business. Some clients are a mystery. Some are a challenge. Mr. Ali's assistant, Aruna, finds it a learning experience. But without a dowry, Aruna has no expectation of a match for herself. Then again, as people go about planning their lives, sometimes fate is making other arrangements.
Reviewer: Terri
Review: Jun 13, 2010
Genre(s): Mainstream / General
Mr. Ali is a bored retired man. He’s driving his wife nuts, as he has nothing to do with his time. Finally, he decides that he will open a marriage bureau out of his home. He will charge 500 rupees up front with no guarantees but he will do his best.
His best is good and soon Mr. Ali is needing an assistant. Mrs. Ali finds Aruna to work for him. She is from a poor but e