Koi Good News

When Mona Mathur of Dehradun married her college sweetheart, Ramit Deol of Amritsar, she knew she was marrying into a lively household. What she wasn't prepared for were two overwhelming realities: first, the vast size of the extended Deol family-a clan so large it puts blockbuster Bollywood joint families to shame; and second, their astonishing fertility rate. Four years into their marriage, Mona and Ramit have achieved what their relatives view as the impossible: they have remained childless. While the couple was initially happy enjoying their early years of marriage, living child-free isn't an option when surrounded by traditional Indian expectations. Day in and day out, at every family gathering, festival, and routine phone call, they are hounded by the exact same invasive question from mothers, mothers-in-law, distant uncles, and nosy neighborhood aunties: 'Koi Good News?' Behind closed doors, the reality is more complicated: Mona and Ramit have actually been trying to conceive for the past year, finding out firsthand that getting pregnant isn't as simple as society assumes. Then, after a night fueled by wine at a glamorous neighbors' party, the unexpected happens-Mona gets pregnant.

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Lydbog: 28. juli 2019