No Dating Till You're Married | Indian-American Rom-Com Audiobook Podcast Novel

Leela Rani Dua
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  • Comedy
  • Weekly Series

She was told no dating. Now everyone wants her married. Same rules. Completely different game. No Dating Till You're Married is an Indian-American audiobook podcast novel. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians. Aria Kohli grew up first-generation, code-switching, and quietly building a life that made sense to everyone. Good job. Great friends. A situationship with her best friend that is absolutely fine, thank you. Her parents told her not to date, so she didn't. Much. But when her mother gets sick, her best friend starts asking for something real, and the Indian marriage profiles start multiplying, Aria has to figure out which pieces of each culture she actually wants to carry into adulthood. Not which ones look right. Which ones feel right. Cross-cultural. 90s nostalgia. Millennial 2020s. Arranged marriage drama. Bollywood flashbacks. A love story that doesn't fit either world's script. Debut author Leela Rani Dua reads her coming-of-age rom-com one chapter at a time, every Thursday. Shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2019. All episodes available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you listen. Start from the beginning, you'll want to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Chapter 1: Meet Aria Kohli — First-Gen Indian-American, Commitment-Phobe, Absolutely Not Getting Married

    Episode 1

    Chapter 1: Meet Aria Kohli — First-Gen Indian-American, Commitment-Phobe, Absolutely Not Getting Married

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians The story begins. Aria Kohli is first-generation Indian-American, living her carefully curated millennial life, good job, great friends, and a situationship she's not examining too closely. Her parents told her no dating till she's married. She's fine with that. Except now everyone around her is getting married, and the rules are suddenly changing. Debut author Leela Rani Dua reads Chapter 1 of her coming-of-age rom-com. New episodes every Thursday. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min
  2. Flashback: 1996 | Meet My BFF — The Friendship That Started Everything

    Episode 2

    Flashback: 1996 | Meet My BFF — The Friendship That Started Everything

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Cross-cultural coming-of-age rom-com Before the weddings, the marriage profiles, and the situationship getting out of hand, there was 1996, a best friendship, and the kind of bond that shapes everything that comes after. We flash back to meet Hayleigh, Aria's BFF, and where it all started. Because every story about who you become begins with who was there first. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    9 min
  3. Chapter 2: Wedding Shopping — When You're the Only One Without a Ring

    Episode 3

    Chapter 2: Wedding Shopping — When You're the Only One Without a Ring

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Arranged marriage drama meets millennial rom-com Aria, Hayleigh, and the whole crew are out shopping for Hayleigh's wedding dress. Which sounds fun. It mostly is. But when you're the only one in the group without a ring, wedding prep has a quiet way of asking questions you weren't ready to answer. First-gen problems. Best friend goals. The wedding season that changes everything. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 min
  4. Chapter 3: #WorkLife — The One Part of Her Life Aria Actually Has Figured Out

    Episode 4

    Chapter 3: #WorkLife — The One Part of Her Life Aria Actually Has Figured Out

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Cross-cultural coming-of-age story Away from the weddings, the family expectations, and the situationship she's definitely not overthinking, there's Aria at work. A rare glimpse into the one corner of her life she actually has under control. Or at least, mostly. Every millennial needs one thing that's theirs. This is hers. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    6 min
  5. Chapter 4: Happy Hour — Drinks, The Whole Gang, and the Calm Before the Storm

    Episode 5

    Chapter 4: Happy Hour — Drinks, The Whole Gang, and the Calm Before the Storm

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Best-friends-to-lovers slow-burn romance The gang gathers for happy hour. Drinks, catching up, the comfortable ease of a friend group that's known each other long enough to skip the small talk entirely. It's lighter than what's coming. Enjoy it while it lasts. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    8 min
  6. Chapter 5: Reboots & Rom-Coms — 90s Nostalgia, AP Bio, and Too Many Weddings

    Episode 6

    Chapter 5: Reboots & Rom-Coms — 90s Nostalgia, AP Bio, and Too Many Weddings

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | 90s nostalgia meets millennial 2020s A double dose this week. First, we flash back to 1998 — AP Bio, Juicy Couture debates, and the particular high-school drama that only makes sense in retrospect. Then we're back in the 2020s, where Hayleigh's wedding prep continues to consume everything.Two timelines. One story. The 90s girl and the millennial woman she became. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
  7. Chapter 6: Kohli Girls Go Out — New Delhi 1978, Bollywood, and Cocktails With the Cousins

    Episode 7

    Chapter 6: Kohli Girls Go Out — New Delhi 1978, Bollywood, and Cocktails With the Cousins

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Bollywood flashbacks, arranged marriage drama, millennial 2020s Two timelines, one episode. First, New Delhi 1978 — Sunita, long before she was anyone's mother, and a Bollywood classic love story setting the scene. Then back to present-day Virginia, where the Kohli cousins are out for cocktails, tater tots, and the kind of conversation that always finds its way back to weddings. Because in a desi family, it always finds its way back to weddings. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    14 min
  8. Chapter 7: Lucy and Matt — 1991, Totino's Pizza Rolls, and Boomer Parent Problems

    Episode 8

    Chapter 7: Lucy and Matt — 1991, Totino's Pizza Rolls, and Boomer Parent Problems

    Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Cross-cultural coming-of-age, millennial friendships We're jumping timelines again. First, 1991 and Totino's pizza rolls. Then the millennial present, a country club lunch with Lucy, Hayleigh, and Aria, where the conversation moves between dating, wild nights out, and the particular chaos of having boomer parents who think they know best. Aria's South Asian family and the looming big Indian wedding are never far from the conversation. IG & TT: @leeladua #IndianAmerican #SouthAsianFiction #AudiobookPodcast #RomCom #DiasporaStories #FirstGenProblems #Situationship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    10 min
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She was told no dating. Now everyone wants her married. Same rules. Completely different game. No Dating Till You're Married is an Indian-American audiobook podcast novel. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians. Aria Kohli grew up first-generation, code-switching, and quietly building a life that made sense to everyone. Good job. Great friends. A situationship with her best friend that is absolutely fine, thank you. Her parents told her not to date, so she didn't. Much. But when her mother gets sick, her best friend starts asking for something real, and the Indian marriage profiles start multiplying, Aria has to figure out which pieces of each culture she actually wants to carry into adulthood. Not which ones look right. Which ones feel right. Cross-cultural. 90s nostalgia. Millennial 2020s. Arranged marriage drama. Bollywood flashbacks. A love story that doesn't fit either world's script. Debut author Leela Rani Dua reads her coming-of-age rom-com one chapter at a time, every Thursday. Shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2019. All episodes available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you listen. Start from the beginning, you'll want to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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