Dec 14 min readBooker 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...
Nov 154 min readInk from the Island: Sri Lankan Writers Have a MomentThe South Asian Art and Literature Festival (SALA 2024) hosted three award-winning writers of Sri Lankan descent on September 28th at...
Oct 214 min readErudite, Eloquent & Engaging: Shashi Tharoor at SALA 2024Dr. Shashi Tharoor, author, intellectual, United Nations alumnus, and currently Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala,...
Oct 184 min readTalent and Pain: A Slice of Suvir SaranChef, writer and humanist extraordinaire Suvir Saran came to his SALA 2024 “A Slice of Life” session with VR Ferose , looking absolutely...
May 278 min readSALA 2023: Remembering the HighlightsYes, it has been several months since the South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2023) at Menlo College in Menlo Park, California....
Sep 21, 20231 min readLit 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...
Oct 9, 201911 min readThe Bay Area's first South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2019)The picturesque Villa Montalvo in Saratoga was the venue for the Bay Area’s first South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2019)...