Nalini Iyer
Two South Asian American authors to read at Third Place Books, Ravenna
Oindrila Mukherjee’s debut novel, The Dream Builders, intertwines the stories of the inhabitants of the fictional town of Hrishipur, a city that has sprung up outside Delhi where farmlands are rapidly developed into luxury...
The Laughter is a darkly funny assessment of academia
Sonora Jha’s The Laughter is a wickedly funny and politically astute campus novel. Like her predecessors in the genre—David Lodge, Richard Russo, Jane Smiley, Julie Schumacher she takes on the foibles and pettiness inherent...
Melody Razak’s novel Moth portrays the experience of a 14-year- old girl during the...
When the British left India in 1947, they divided the subcontinent quite arbitrarily into two nations, India and Pakistan, along largely religious lines. The repercussions of that decision continue to shape politics in South...
Indian literary champion Naveen Kishore publishes first book of poems, ‘Knotted Grief’
To book lovers in India, scholars and avid readers alike, Seagull books is an important publishing house whose list of authors and translated texts is legendary. Naveen Kishore founded Seagull in 1982 focused at...
Run and Hide demonstrates the psychic devastation of caste discrimination and poverty while revealing...
Pankaj Mishra sets his recent novel, Run and Hide, within the context of India’s rise to global economic power, its Hindu fundamentalist politics, and its growing global presence in the technology industry.
The story, narrated...
‘Bangla’ is a somewhat predictable but charming exploration of the Bangladeshi Italian experience
The South Asian Diaspora is a large one and spread across the globe. Film, music, literary works, television shows abound that document, critique, and satirize this community. Phaim Bhuiyan’s Bangla is a new entrant...
Kuthiraivaal is a surreal film that blurs the boundaries between dream, reality, myth and...
Kuthiraivaal is a debut venture of Shyam Sundar and Manoj Jahson, and is nothing like your typical Tamil film with its song and dance sequences and fight scenes. It is a surreal film in...
Set in a futuristic dystopian Seattle, “The Immortal King Rao” may not be far...
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara is a futuristic novel set in Seattle where climate change has ruined the planet, and national governments have been replaced by a globalized corporate governing body.
The world...
“Badhaai Do”, streaming on Netflix, balances comic plot elements with a larger political message...
In the romantic comedy Badhaai Do, Shardul Thakur (performed by Rajkummar Rao) is a gay cop who lives in an extended family that exerts pressure on him to get married. He is also closeted...
30 years later, the re-release of “Mississippi Masala” is just as captivating, relevant and...
When Mississippi Masala hit the big screen in 1992, it was a historic moment for South Asians in the United States. Not only were we seeing ourselves on American big screen, but talented Indian...
