description: Set in 1950s India, Vikram Seth's epic love story is essentially the tale of Mrs. Rupa Mehra's attempts to find a 'suitable' husband for her daughter. Various potential suitors are lined up, their merits and respectability to be appraised by members of the whole family. With Lata studying English at Brahmpur University, however, there lurks the danger that she will fall in love with someone of her own choice - someone who may, in her mother's view, be entirely unsuitable. Lata's story is recounted alongside those of her friends and family, whose tangled fortunes unfold against the backdrop of India's first General Election, when a sixth of the world's population will for the first time decide its future.
language: English
title: A Suitable Boy: Radio Dramatization
titlecomplete: A Suitable Boy: Radio Dramatization
characters: Maan Kapoor, Meenakshi Mehra (née Chatterji), Pran Kapoor, Arun Mehra, Lata Mehra, Rupa Mehra, Varun Mehra, Amit Chatterji, Savita Mehra
genres: Classics, Historical, Indian Literature, India, Asia, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 47454
places: Delhi, India, Kanpur, Calcutta, Brahmapur
series: A Bridge of Leaves
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: WH Smith Literary Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: BBC Books