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I Too Had a Love Story

I Too Had a Love Story
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Author Ravinder Singh
Country India
Language English
Genre Novel
Published 2008
Publisher Srishti publishers, Penguin India
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Website www.ravindersinghonline.com/first-book-excerpt.html

I Too Had a Love Story is an English autobiographical novel written by Ravinder Singh. This was the debut novel of the author and was first published in 2008 by Srishti Publishers, in 2012 it was republished by Penguin India. The book remained in the best-seller’s list in India even after 6 years of its first publication.

(spoiler alert) Ravin and Khushi are the male and female protagonists of the novel. The novel starts with a reunion in Kolkata of Ravin and his three male friends Manpreet, Amardeep, Happy, who used to study in the same engineering college. During the reunion they discuss their future plans of getting married and all of them accept that they did not think about it. Happy suggests Ravin to visit and sign up at Shaadi.com, an online matrimonial website.

Because I survived, I died everyday.
I was bound by my stars to live a lonely life. Without her, I felt so alone. Though the fact is that it’s

After the reunion, Ravin comes back to Bhubaneswar, where he works as an engineer for Infosys, and registers and account at Shaadi.com. After a few days of registering on the site, Ravin finds a girl named Khushi, a resident of Delhi, and an employee of CSC, Noida. Ravin and Khushi start talking to each other over phone and soon become good friends. They become curious about each other's interest and find there are many similarities between them. After a few months' of conversation over phone, they realize that they have started falling in love with each other, although they never met face-to-face. Very soon, Ravin is asked to travel to the United States for an office assignment. He is required to go to Delhi, where Khushi lives, to board the international flight. Ravin decides to go to Delhi one day earlier to meet Khushi for the first time, and spend time with her.

In Delhi, Ravin meets Khushi and her family including her mother and sisters and then starts his journey to the US. Even during his stay in the US, Ravin constantly stays in touch with Khushi. After his return to India, Ravin meets Khushi once again. After sometime, Khushi's family visits Bhubaneswar and meet Ravin's parents. There they decide Ravin and Khushi's engagement. Both the family start preparing for the event.


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