[1][2][3][4] Miss New India is "the third part of a trilogy that began with Desirable Daughters (2002) and The Tree Bride (2004)."
Anjali Bose, a young woman, escapes to Bangalore from her stifled existence in the backward and provincial state of Bihar in India.
In Bangalore she experiences the newly exploding wealth and growth of the city.
She obtains employment in a call center and finds herself surrounded by entrepreneurs and fortunes.
The title and the story are a metaphor for the new India that is prosperously emerging on the world stage.