The South Asian Literature and Arts Festival returns in 2023, this time at Menlo College in Atherton. It features over 60 Artists and Authors, including Abraham Verghese, Amitav Ghosh, Konkona Sen and Shobhaa Dé. The panels cover diverse topics such as identity, human rights, gender, class, dating, and cricket.
And, on Sunday Oct 8th afternoon, at 12 noon, come listen to a panel discussion I am moderating with Bay Area authors Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan (Good Innings: the Ordinary, Extraordinary Life of Lily Tharoor) and Kalpana Mohan (Daddykins: A Memoir of my Father and I)
Details of the session, and author bios are here: First Country: Our Mothers & Fathers – South Asian Literature and Arts Festival (salafestival.org)
Check out the entire program schedule and get your tickets to the 2-day festival here.
Hope to see many of you on October 7-8!