Madras on Rainy Days is a 2004 novel written by Samina Ali.

The books explores the life of Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim.

Layla, torn between clashing identities, agrees to her parents' wish for her to leave America and submit to an arranged marriage, Layla enters into the closed world of tradition and ritual as the wedding preparations get underway in Hyderabad.

In 2004, Madras on Rainy Days received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award in Fiction.

[3] In July 2004, the book was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by Poets & Writers magazine.