Join the
book club as we read Dating Dr. Dil
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Folger Book
Club is pleased to announce our next book discussion – Dating
Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma on Thursday, November 7, at 6:30pm (ET).
This session will
feature a presentation by Dr. Anandi Rao, a lecturer
(assistant professor) in South Asian Studies at SOAS, University of
London. Her work lies at the intersection of postcolonial studies,
gender and sexuality studies, translation studies and Shakespeare
studies. She is a Folger Short Term Fellow for the academic year
2024-2025.
Participation is
free. Click below to reserve your spot.
All discussions
will be held in Zoom and we will also share the discussion
questions, supplemental materials, and suggestions for sips and
snacks in advance.
Hope to see you
there!
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Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story
like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car
to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces
he’s selling her mother’s home, Kareena makes a deal with
him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in
four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible
when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show,
goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she
doesn’t want.
Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a
local community health center, but he needs to get donors
with deep pockets. The
Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until
his argument with Kareena went viral, and he’s left short
changed. That’s when Kareena’s meddling aunties presented
him with a solution: convince Kareena he’s her soulmate and
they’ll fund his clinic.
Even though they have conflicting views on
love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time Prem
spends with Kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s
the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But
for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they
must admit that hate has turned into fate.
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Why did we
choose this book?
The Folger
Shakespeare Library’s collection explores not only Shakespeare’s
life and works, but also the plays’ historical context, source
material, critical and performance histories, and the ways in which
they inspire and are adapted by contemporary novelists.
An increasingly
popular genre, romance has been gaining in critical attention and
readership in recent years as well as diversifying the types of
love stories being told. Dating
Dr. Dil sets Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
within a South Asian community in New Jersey, exploring ideas
around familial obligation and cultural pressures.
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Catch up
with Edith Holler
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Not able to join us
for October's discussion of Edith Holler by Edward
Carey? The Folger Spotlight has introductory and supplemental
material—including discussion questions—to help you explore the
book or even host your own conversation.
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We would
like to thank the following sponsor for its generous support of
Folger
Book Club
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Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East
Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
Main (202) 544-4600 | Box Office (202)
544-7077 | info@folger.edu | | | | | | | | | |

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