This is part 2 of Farahad Zama’s guest blog. Wow, I’ve had such a great time in Imagination India. Meeting the Marriage Bureau colleagues. Flying there and back, wondering if my sari is folded correctly, and worrying about How To Behave. Whew, looks like I didn’t make too many mistakes. Namaste. If you didn’t see […]
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I meet fictional characters: Guest blog
By Mona Lyn Reese on August 17, 2015 in Indian Music, Life in India, Marriage Bureau, Music Composition
I’m excited to have the book author of the new opera Tom and I are writing, as a guest blogger. Farahad Zama wrote the novel, The Marriage Bureau for Rich People. I’ve had many conversations with him; what a charming person he is! In this first blog, he has written a two-part story where I get […]
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
What are you working on now? Oh? A new opera? What’s it about? Where did you find the story? India! It takes place in India! Wow. Are you going to write Bollywood? The name of the new opera is The Marriage Bureau for Rich People. It’s based on a book with the same title written […]