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Book Review of For Matrimonial Purposes

For Matrimonial Purposes
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We see Anju, a young Hindu woman of high caste ande wealth, who has somehow been left out of the traditional Indian marriage game. Feeling excluded and somewhat awkward as her friends marry and start families, she convinces her highly traditional family to let her go to New York for continued studies and then work as a fashion publicist. She is under intense pressure to find a mate and this creates a psychological burden but she begins to create her own life.