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

Hands for Language by Uma Menon

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. – W. H. Auden In … More