Salaam, Paris is a novel written by Kavita Daswani,[1][2] who is a columnist for Women's Wear Daily.

As the story progresses, we learn that Tanaya's mother was thought to have been abandoned because of this lacking feature.

Tanaya with her best friend, Nilu, would read all western magazines, especially, Teen Cosmo.

In private conversations with Nilu, she would often confide about leaving Mahim to Paris.

Fate of luck strikes, and her grandfather allows her to visit Paris, where she became part of the modeling industry.

In the end, Tanaya finally marries Tariq Khan, and realizes that she was pursuing rather a mere image of herself.