Operation Mom: How I Got My Mom a Life and a Man - Tapa blanda

When you try to set your mom's life right, be prepared to have your own life turned upside down. Seventeen-year-old Ila Isham has serious problems. There's the angst of being an Ali Zafar groupie, for one. Then there are the extra layers of fat she owes to her part-Punjabi roots. Add to this, parents who have separated; an enthusiastic best friend whose idea of variety is dating three guys at the same time; and her mom's best friend, Aunty Maleeka, whose good intentions and savvy ways throw up more problems than solutions -and Ila's got her hands quite full. When her mother flips out over her plans to stalk Ali Zafar, Ila decides she has had enough and sets out to create a few distractions to keep her mom busy. With a little help from BFF Deepali, Aunty Maleeka and Dev of the inviting chocolate-pool eyes, Ila will have to brave everything from Lagan.com and OKCupid profiles to meeting handlebar-moustache colonels and middle-aged psychos, as she tries to set up the perfect parent trap for her unsuspecting mother.

Reenita Malhotra Hora is a prolific journalist, Hora family concierge and fish taco connoisseur. Native to Mumbai, she is currently based in Hong Kong where she presents Radio Television Hong Kong's award-winning storytelling show, Asian Threads, on RTHK Radio 3. Reenita is the author of 'Forever Young', 'Inner Beauty' and 'Ayurveda: The Ancient Medicine of India'.