One girl who doesn’t care about cricket. And 11 guys who make up the team. Led by one super-dishy captain with Boost-brown eyes and a cute butt, who believes it’s hard work and determination that make teams win matches. Not luck.
But as it happens, Zoya was born at the exact moment India won the 1983 World Cup. And her father and her brother know that whenever Zoya escorted them to any match they were playing, they never lost.
Her ad-agency job brings her into close proximity with the team. Sparks fly — first because of her ‘lucky’ status and then because of the chemical reactions between Zoya and smouldering captain Nikhil Khoda. He’s tall, dark and handsome, she’s a pint-sized, chubby-cheeked, curly-haired girl next door.
The Zoya Factor, adwoman Anuja Chauhan’s first novel — she’s the one who thought up the super-successful ‘Nothing Official About It’ tagline for Pepsi when Coke was going to town about its ‘official’ status for the 1996 World Cup — is such a rollicking read, I kept chuckling throughout. And though I outgrew soppy romances years ago, the SMSs, the simple in-love gestures and the midnight assignations by the poolside had me wishing I could fall in love all over again.
The novel could have ended a bit sooner, but when I turned the last page, I had a big, silly smile on my face. Love and laughter do that to you.
The Zoya Factor. By Anuja Chauhan. Published by Harper Collins. Price: Rs 295. At bookstores nationwide.Not seeing images? Click Here Sign Up
But as it happens, Zoya was born at the exact moment India won the 1983 World Cup. And her father and her brother know that whenever Zoya escorted them to any match they were playing, they never lost.
Her ad-agency job brings her into close proximity with the team. Sparks fly — first because of her ‘lucky’ status and then because of the chemical reactions between Zoya and smouldering captain Nikhil Khoda. He’s tall, dark and handsome, she’s a pint-sized, chubby-cheeked, curly-haired girl next door.
The Zoya Factor, adwoman Anuja Chauhan’s first novel — she’s the one who thought up the super-successful ‘Nothing Official About It’ tagline for Pepsi when Coke was going to town about its ‘official’ status for the 1996 World Cup — is such a rollicking read, I kept chuckling throughout. And though I outgrew soppy romances years ago, the SMSs, the simple in-love gestures and the midnight assignations by the poolside had me wishing I could fall in love all over again.
The novel could have ended a bit sooner, but when I turned the last page, I had a big, silly smile on my face. Love and laughter do that to you.
The Zoya Factor. By Anuja Chauhan. Published by Harper Collins. Price: Rs 295. At bookstores nationwide.Not seeing images? Click Here Sign Up
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