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Queerly Beloved

Queerly Beloved

A Love Story for All Seasons

Farhad J Dadyburjor
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A big-hearted tale of true love, second chances and one grand wedding

Mumbai-based industrialist Ved Mehra has found the love of his life in Carlos Silva, an American working in the city. After three years of living together, they are now ready to take the next step—a big fat Indian wedding. But as he begins to share the good news with his family and start the preparations, Ved finds himself stretched in all directions: his divorced mother is blissfully smitten with a younger man who is pulling out all the stops; a long-buried secret from his father’s past catches up to him; and if things weren’t complicated enough, his ex-boyfriend Akshay is back and wants to be a part of his life. Will things finally work out for Ved? Especially, with everyone else around him also demanding their own happily ever after?

Told with humour, warmth and a lot of heart, Queerly Beloved is a sparkling romcom about love in all its messy, complicated glory.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Feb/2026

ISBN: 9780143477884

Length : 264 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

Queerly Beloved

A Love Story for All Seasons

Farhad J Dadyburjor

A big-hearted tale of true love, second chances and one grand wedding

Mumbai-based industrialist Ved Mehra has found the love of his life in Carlos Silva, an American working in the city. After three years of living together, they are now ready to take the next step—a big fat Indian wedding. But as he begins to share the good news with his family and start the preparations, Ved finds himself stretched in all directions: his divorced mother is blissfully smitten with a younger man who is pulling out all the stops; a long-buried secret from his father’s past catches up to him; and if things weren’t complicated enough, his ex-boyfriend Akshay is back and wants to be a part of his life. Will things finally work out for Ved? Especially, with everyone else around him also demanding their own happily ever after?

Told with humour, warmth and a lot of heart, Queerly Beloved is a sparkling romcom about love in all its messy, complicated glory.

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Paperback / Hardback

Farhad J Dadyburjor

FARHAD DADYBURJOR has been an entertainment and lifestyle journalist for over twenty years. Born and based in Mumbai, India, he has held several senior editorial positions, including at DNA newspaper, as launch editor at the international men’s magazine FHM, and currently at The Leela Magazine. He has also written for numerous publications and has a blog of his own. His debut novel, How I Got Lucky, was a satire on India’s celebrity culture that was hailed as “racy, sexy, and riotous” by Vogue India. His second novel The Other Man, published worldwide by Lake Union was a heartwarming gay romcom, and was a Lambda Award finalist in 2022.

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