Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask god, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night' so you're a woman, you're 30-something and living in India? So what's the big deal about it? Well, if you're all of the above and still unmarried or married previously and you just don't seem to find the "right" man, you suddenly acquire a tragically special status as being cynical, demanding, impractical and chronically single or ambitious. In Hooked, Lined & Single, Alafia Singh meets a similar fate on her journey to find a husband using somewhat more traditional methods.