The Girl I Know

A chance encounter with a stunning girl at a Boston bar leads the author into her extremely gripping past. Mehak takes the author and the readers along on her journey from the alleys of Kota, Rajasthan, where she was born, to becoming a successful business woman that she is today. The turning point in Mehak's life comes when her father dies due to extreme poverty, and she finds all odds in her life stacked against her. She is a poor girl in a massively chauvinistic Indian society. Determined to fight all odds, she decides to shoulder all her family responsibilities by deciding to work. Soon, she finds success, but only by climbing the corporate ladder. Along the way, she succumbs to heartbreaks as well. Love, loss, pain, and pleasure keep painting the canvas of Mehak's life, but every turn only makes her stronger. When an unexpected catering business opportunity springs up, Mehak turns it into her success story with the help of a little luck and her astuteness. Meanwhile, her personal life gets entangled in a dilemma surrounding the love of her life. When all seems to settle down finally, the business takes a beating, but Mehak is not one to give up. Just when the author seems to think that he is done with Mehak's story, she continues to amaze him with yet another inspiring twist.