When Dimple Met Rishi By Sandhya Menon 〈Safe — 2025〉

Sandhya Menon’s young adult novel When Dimple Met Rishi follows a headstrong aspiring developer and a traditionalist artist whose parents arrange their meeting at a summer coding program. The charming, dual-POV contemporary romance explores the balance between cultural expectations and personal ambition for Indian-American teens.

It is a New York Times bestseller and the inspiration for the Netflix series Mismatched . When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon