Spouse

Marriage, says Shobhaa De—celebrity writer, devoted wife, and mother of six—is an adventure. It is built on trust, companionship, affection, and sharing, while also requiring the ability to handle a partner’s moods and quirks. It involves balancing parents, children, friends, and career, along with the occasional urge to escape from it all.

In this engaging book on one of society’s most debated institutions, Shobhaa De explores how and why marriages succeed—or fail. With her trademark irreverence, she reinvents tradition, challenges stereotypes, and addresses issues central to Indian marriages: the saas–bahu dilemma (escaping role traps and truly enjoying one another), the place of honesty (are some secrets best kept?), the significance of romance (why expressions of love are never unmanly), and, importantly, recognizing the warning signs of a doomed relationship before it is too late.

Witty, practical, and insightful, this is the ultimate relationship guide for anyone determined to make the adventure of marriage last a lifetime.