Family, Love & Civil War In Sri Lanka (Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan)
Radicalization of young men in a civil war How does a young man become “radicalized?” Subject him, his family, and his community to...
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Dec 14 min read
Booker Winner Shehan Karunatilaka on Cricket, Civil War and Talking Ghosts in Colombo
“Dictators are pretty good for landscaping and gardens,” quipped Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The...
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Nov 154 min read
Ink from the Island: Sri Lankan Writers Have a Moment
The South Asian Art and Literature Festival (SALA 2024) hosted three award-winning writers of Sri Lankan descent on September 28th at...
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Nov 32 min read
"Kite", my short story in Gold Man Review
While you have read my books and theater reviews previously, Kite is my first published work of fiction. It appears in Issue 14 of Gold...
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Oct 284 min read
Young Voters Consider Harris' Position on Gaza (Article by Sunaina)
The Offspring, 19 and a voter, wrote a piece for Ethnic Media Services on how the official position on Gaza influences young voters...
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Oct 214 min read
Erudite, Eloquent & Engaging: Shashi Tharoor at SALA 2024
Dr. Shashi Tharoor, author, intellectual, United Nations alumnus, and currently Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala,...
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Oct 184 min read
Talent and Pain: A Slice of Suvir Saran
Chef, writer and humanist extraordinaire Suvir Saran came to his SALA 2024 “A Slice of Life” session with VR Ferose , looking absolutely...
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Jun 183 min read
Lift Every Voice and Sing! Juneteenth 2024 in Menlo Park
"Juneteenth" blends the words June 19th, which was the date in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery after the end of...
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Jun 105 min read
Monkey Man (Film Review by Sunaina)
"Seeing someone who looks like me–with my hair, skin tone, and culture–as a multi-dimensional, flawed, beautiful, badass character rather...
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May 278 min read
SALA 2023: Remembering the Highlights
Yes, it has been several months since the South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2023) at Menlo College in Menlo Park, California....
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May 155 min read
All The World's a Stage
Live theater is one of my great pleasures, and it delights me to discover a new playhouse -- new, at least, to me. City Lights Theater...
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May 24 min read
‘The Book of Vows’ – Amit Majmudar’s Mahabharata
In an impassioned introduction providing context for this greatest of stories with countless retellings, Amit Majmudar explains why he...
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Feb 86 min read
Poetry & Politics in Pakistan: "The History Teacher Of Lahore" by Tahira Naqvi
On April 4, 1979, I was getting ready for school when I learned that the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had been...
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Sep 21, 20231 min read
Lit Fest: Get your Tickets to SALA 2023, Oct 7-8!
The South Asian Literature and Arts Festival returns in 2023, this time at Menlo College in Atherton. It features over 60 Artists and...
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Sep 13, 20236 min read
From Palakkad Village Girl to Stylish Patti – The Fascinating Life of Lily Tharoor
I am in Kerala as I write this, having just returned to Kochi from visiting a beloved aunt in Palakkad District. I never tire of...
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Jun 16, 20237 min read
Abraham Verghese, Interpreter of Maladies - 'The Covenant of Water'
About two-thirds of the way through The Covenant of Water , a birth is described. "Baby Ninan arrives in the year of our Lord 1946, like...
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May 7, 20235 min read
Midnight's Grandchild: "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida"
In all the years since I first read Salman Rushdie’s Midnight's Children, no book has matched its brilliance, its exuberance and its...
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Mar 30, 20234 min read
Raji's Recordings!
I have moderated book discussions and author interviews in the past few years, and even participated in a Readathon! The recordings are...
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Mar 28, 20232 min read
"The Perfumist of Paris" by Alka Joshi -- a Kepler's Books Event
The Henna Artist was released just when the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown began, and author Alka Joshi's book events switched to a virtual...
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Mar 5, 20235 min read
"Independence" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Much of the literature about India’s Partition has been written around the violence and tragedy in the northwest. The focus is the...
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