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Dragon Aunty Returns!
What happens when a fiery Punjabi dragon meets a Bengali prude. Will their friendship survive? Read about their (mis) adventures!
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Published January 1, 2017
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Debeshi Gooptu
32 books16 followersAuthor of six novels and innumerable short stories. Writes an urban blog on life in Gurgaon.
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June 5, 2020
The book traces out a hilarious journey of newly wed Mrinalini Sen after her encounter with Dolly Luthra aka Dragon Aunty at one of the Durga Puja pandals in CR Park. What follows soon after is a roller-coaster ride in Mrinalini's Gurgaon life as the Bangalan and Punjaban strike an unusual camaraderie. The book made me chuckle and guffaw because I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading more books by the versatile author.
December 23, 2023
The end of the year calls for breezy reads, and this more than qualified. Hilarious watching the newly married Bengali being pulled into the orbit of a yummy Punjaban. They have little in common which is what makes the relationship such fun.
June 6, 2017
What I thought to be a 'comedy of manners' in Gurgaon's nouveau rich set, turned out to be a racy rom-com (with more of the com)! Does a quick trot around Gurgaon's Punjabi aunties (duh!), prim Bengalis ruing their stint here, gym boys, overworked husbands and even the new-age gurus.
A quick, breezy read.
A quick, breezy read.
May 8, 2018
Mrinalini Sen, a newly married woman from Kolkata, moves to Gurgaon to be with her husband. She's going to face a sea of changes - from humid Kolkata to dry, dusty Gurgaon, the oldest metro to a city that was born in the late 1990s, from an intellectual city that believed in high thinking and simple living to a city where it's all about your image - so her husband decides to help her. He pushes her to join a crowd of women in their apartment complex and she meets Dragon Aunty.
Dragon Aunty fulfils all the beliefs Mrinalini holds about Punjabis - they are fun loving, outgoing, friendly and have strong personalities. Moreover, Dragon Aunty is in her mid 40s (although she looks young) and Mrinalini is just 25. So Dragon Aunty takes Mrinalini under her wing and introduces her to the life of a Gurgaon housewife - shopping, gymming, eating, mall hopping. Naturally, Mrinalini is scandalized, but Dragon Aunty helps her understand this new lifestyle.
However, Dragon Aunty isn't perfect. She gets into all sorts of trouble, and Mrinalini helps her cope with these issues.
There are two main threads - one where Dragon Aunty is the teacher and Mrinalini the student, and vice versa. We first see the perfect Gurgaon and then its darker or funnier sides. Similarly, we see the perfect Dragon Aunty and then her flaws. Both these threads go together perfectly. The book will be relatable for anyone from Kolkata or Gurgaon or for that matter any metro city.
I read this book on the Juggernaut app. I had read the author's previous book The Gurgaon Diaries a few weeks ago, and since I enjoyed that, I decided to try this.
This book is quite short and sweet - I finished it in one hour, without feeling the need for a break.
One flaw: It's similar to the author's other book - both are about the culture clash faced by a Bengali in Gurgaon. But, this is fictionalized while that was semi-autobiographical. A few parts and paragraphs were directly taken from The Gurgaon Diaries, so I didn't find them as funny in this book. If I had more gap between reading the two (I had reread Gurgaon Diaries yesterday since I liked it so much), I would have easily rated this at 4.
A good one time read - funny, light, relatable.
Dragon Aunty fulfils all the beliefs Mrinalini holds about Punjabis - they are fun loving, outgoing, friendly and have strong personalities. Moreover, Dragon Aunty is in her mid 40s (although she looks young) and Mrinalini is just 25. So Dragon Aunty takes Mrinalini under her wing and introduces her to the life of a Gurgaon housewife - shopping, gymming, eating, mall hopping. Naturally, Mrinalini is scandalized, but Dragon Aunty helps her understand this new lifestyle.
However, Dragon Aunty isn't perfect. She gets into all sorts of trouble, and Mrinalini helps her cope with these issues.
There are two main threads - one where Dragon Aunty is the teacher and Mrinalini the student, and vice versa. We first see the perfect Gurgaon and then its darker or funnier sides. Similarly, we see the perfect Dragon Aunty and then her flaws. Both these threads go together perfectly. The book will be relatable for anyone from Kolkata or Gurgaon or for that matter any metro city.
I read this book on the Juggernaut app. I had read the author's previous book The Gurgaon Diaries a few weeks ago, and since I enjoyed that, I decided to try this.
This book is quite short and sweet - I finished it in one hour, without feeling the need for a break.
One flaw: It's similar to the author's other book - both are about the culture clash faced by a Bengali in Gurgaon. But, this is fictionalized while that was semi-autobiographical. A few parts and paragraphs were directly taken from The Gurgaon Diaries, so I didn't find them as funny in this book. If I had more gap between reading the two (I had reread Gurgaon Diaries yesterday since I liked it so much), I would have easily rated this at 4.
A good one time read - funny, light, relatable.
June 14, 2017
This book was unputdownable from start to finish. Constant entertainment and I laughed throughout. A fun, well-paced book. I look forward to more by this author.
December 21, 2017
I read the ebook on the juggernaut app between midnight and 1.30 am!! I was in splits right through. Such a funny book. I really hope the author continues the 'Dragon Aunty' series.
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