‘The cupid is still active in colleges, in offices and in today’s world, also on the internet’ is what the introduction of the book states. The author then goes to aptly point out that, love actually needs to sustain itself once the ‘first flush’ of passion passes by. This according to me is what renders the cupid’s role far more challenging. As his job now, isn’t just to commence ‘happily ever after’ but ensure that entire journey lasts that way. It’s this role of cupid that this Chicken Soup explores through stories of Indian couples both young and old by the use of 8 categories. Thankfully, the book isn’t focusing solely on the rosy aspects of love, where the boy meets the girl and they walk together into the sunset hand in hand. Nope. Only the first 60 odd pages are stories about how people found their soul-mates in their friends, or demure colleague, or in an online friend under the category of ‘Made in Heaven’ . Few stories in this category dangerously border on the flims