My Best Books for Youth in 2021

Click here to read about these nine books that I reviewed in 2021 for Booklist Magazine and India Currents Magazine. … More

How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani

New Novel for Younger Readers Explores Interracial Marriage and Anti-Semitism ● In 1967, twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg’s life is full of … More

The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor

Deputy Director of OutRight Action International Maria Sjödin stated, “Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which made sexual behavior … More

The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale

The Shaadi Set-Up, Lillie Vale’s debut adult novel, overflows with internal angst, situational humor, and the oft-dreamed-of second chance at … More

America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibilities by Rajika Bhandari

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

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