![]() Rishi’s parents want to arrange a marriage for him. They want him to go to MIT to have a successful career, which has led him to abandon his passion for drawing comics. ![]() Meanwhile, Rishi, another eighteen-year-old Indian-American teen, is a loyal and obedient son to his traditional parents. She interprets this as an acknowledgment of her desires and a willingness to set aside the pressure towards finding a husband and marriage. Though they are reluctant at first, they eventually agree, much to Dimple’s surprise. Dimple tries to convince her parents to let her attend a web development summer program in San Francisco called Insomnia Con. Her mother, in particular, wants her to conform to a traditional Indian ideal of womanhood, with marriage and children being a priority. She wants to go to university to build a career, but her parents see the experience as an opportunity to find an Indian husband. Dimple Shah is a strong-willed eighteen-year-old girl with plans to go to Stanford. ![]()
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