MY SINGAPORE FLING
by
Sudesna Ghosh
Blurb
Meet Dipa Basu. She’s a 30 something modern Bengali woman living in Kolkata and a successful writer. After many relationships and breakups, she’s decided that love is a waste of time. She’s always had these phases where she’s been obsessed with different things; like one where old men in dhotis appealed to her. But this time she’s crazy about men with British and Australian accents. She travels to Singapore for a few days, on a quest to have a fun, meaningless fling. Her trip is full of surprises. Will Dipa have her Singapore Fling?
Read an excerpt:
I woke up as the plane landed with that comforting thud. I grew up with that thud. It’s a welcome – and a reminder that a long hot shower isn’t too far away. So I grabbed my suitcase with crazy anticipation in my system because this trip was all about a good change. It was my chance to set things right in my boring 30 something year old life. Romantic love was overrated. I’d had enough of that crap. Time for some unemotional fun. The girls had attempted to analyse me saying, “Dipa, you are sensitive, emotional, and all about feelings. Are you sure about a fling?” I was sure. Sure I cried during most movies. Yeah, I couldn’t stand animal cruelty or injustice to the poor. But this was meant to happen.
My Honest Review:
My Singapore Fling is a mix of humor and reality.
In India, as soon as a girl is born,
parents start to worry about her marriage rather than her studies or her
career. When the girl enters the marriageable age, parent’s anxiety is at peak.
But what happens in the present scenario, where girls are educated and don’t
want to “settle down” in their 20’s but maybe after their 30’s???
Dipa Basu is a 30+ Bengali girl who is
still single but ready to mingle but has a list of terms and conditions which
her future mate must fulfill to fit the bill. She loves to travel and gorge on
cheesecakes and food. One fine day she decides to take a break from her daily
boring routine and go to Singapore and have some fun.
My Singapore Fling is about Dipa’s day-to-day incidences
which any normal girl experiences, some of which can be hilarious given the
situation.
Initially, I thought that the end was
abrupt as the story and fun were just catching up but after giving it a thought
and a second read I thought it was apt.
The story is a short read and can be
completed in a single sitting. What I really liked about the author Sudesna is
the way in which she picks up an issue which a teenager or a girl might be
facing and converts it into a nice story with humor.
Good going Sudesna. I love the way you
bring out topics and bring it to everyone’s notice that all are humans and they
all experience the pain and emotions which everyone experiences.
About the author
Sudesna or Sue is the author of short stories, two nonfiction books, and now a YA novella (Just me, the Sink & the Pot, and a collection of short stories (The Adventures of Ernie Fish), a romance (My Singapore Fling) and kid lit (The Cheesecake Thief & Other Stories).
When she isn't writing or reading, she is busy being a good parent to her adopted cats.
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