RAJI WRITES

The South Asian Literature and Art (SALA) festival presented its 6th edition Global Gaze, South Asian Soul on September 26-27 at Menlo College in Menlo Park, CA. As usual, there were stellar speakers, warm reconnections with previous attendees and old friends, stylish attire to admire, and tasty Indian fare with cups of steaming chai. I interviewed some speakers / authors at the Festival - Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, filmmaker Nandita Das, tech executive Kamini Ramani

The South Asian Literature and Art (SALA) festival is presenting its 6th edition Global Gaze, South Asian Soul on September 26-27 at Menlo College in Menlo Park, CA. SALA Bookshop, a new initiative, launched in early September and hosts books by authors featured at the upcoming festival. The festival, and the Bookshop, feature contemporary stories across genres that spotlight the literature and arts from South Asia and its diaspora. SALA Bookshop is a subsidiary of ArtForumSF