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The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new book, “The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance,” tells the story of Maharani Jindan, the last queen of the Sikh Empire.

India, Indian Women in History, royalty, Sikh Empire
Honor by Thrity Umrigar

Honor by Thrity Umrigar

Enduring Love Surmounts Religious Savagery in Thrity Umrigar’s Newest Novel Reading a novel by Thrity Umrigar is like experiencing a … More

gender issues, Hindu-Muslim, India, misogyny, religion
The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor

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

gay rom-com, India, LGBTQ, Section 377
America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility

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

choices, education, India, international education
Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman

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

India, justice system, parental loss, read-aloud, read-together
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota

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

1929, 2019, anti-British sentiments, India, marriage
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev

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

California, India, Jane Austen-inspired, Romance
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry Book 2)

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

1920s, India, Murder
Hands for Language by Uma Menon

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

culture, India, poetry, teen poet
Seeing Ceremony by Meera Ekkanath Klein

Seeing Ceremony by Meera Ekkanath Klein

In Seeing Ceremony, Meera Ekkanath Klein’s sequel to her 2017 debut novel, My Mother’s Kitchen, the narrator, Meena, is now … More

agriculture, India, Indian food, spices, tea

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