A Ph.D.’s Memoir Champions a U.S. Education https://indiacurrents.com/america-calling-a-ph-ds-memoir-champions-a-u-s-education/ Each fall, thousands of students arrive with dreams and two suitcases each, … More
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Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman
Born in a Pandemic, a Children’s Novel Tackles the Broken Justice System In 2013, multi-award-winning author Padma Venkatraman read an … More
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Sunjeev Sahota’s China Room Reclaims Family Generations Later In 1929, while freedom fighters scour the country for new recruits, fifteen-year-old … More
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
The Yin and Yang of Jane Austen Is Alive and Well Thanks to Sonali Dev Yash Raje, the son of … More
Historical Mysteries of 1921 in India Resonate a Century Later
Oxford-educated Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female solicitor, is a clever, spirited young woman working for her father’s respected law firm … More
Seven by Farzana Doctor
Some Christian denominations believe a seven-year-old can make spiritual choices. Judaism and Islam hold that a seven-year-old boy is able … More
Books I Embraced, Devoured, and Loved in 2020
I was tickled when India Currents Magazine asked me to compile a “Best Of” list of South Asian-centric and -related … More
My Best Books for Youth in 2020
Click here to read about these nine books that I reviewed in 2020 for Booklist Magazine, India Currents Magazine, and … More
This Is One Way to Dance: Essays by Sejal Shah
“The world is full of paper. I am writing now. I am writing to me. I am writing to myself … More
Choosing Hope: 1 Woman. 3 Cancers. by Munira Premji
Fighting Cancer, Choosing Hope • In 2012, Munira Premji was an active woman filled with the joy of life. Her … More
