Parul Bhandari is the Director of Studies (Human, Social and Politial Sciences), Bye-fellow, and Associate Tutor at St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge. She was an Associate Professor of Sociology at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India. A sociologist and social anthropologist, Bhandari’s research interests lie in the study of love, marriage, intimacy, gender, family and class (elites and the middle class) in contemporary South Asia. She is the author of Matchmaking in Middle Class India: Beyond Arranged and Love Marriage (Springer, 2020), and Money, Culture, Class: Elite Women as Modern Subjects, (Routledge, London 2019).
"""A wonderfully nuanced exploration of practices and understandings of love in contemporary India between transgression and conformity, beyond tired binaries of arranged vs love marriages, indeed beyond marriage writ large – a delightful read!"" Raphael Susewind, Associate Professor, London School of Economics, UK. ""This book is a timely contribution to the treatment of love in non-Western societies as a complex and possibly paradoxical concept. A must-read for cultural scholars, sociologists and anyone interested in studies of affect, society, and culture in South Asia."" Fritzi-Marie Titzmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany."