May 2007
The Hindi-Bindi Club
The Hindi-Bindi Club, written in the tradition of The Joy Luck Club and Like Water For Chocolate, focuses on the lives of three Indian immigrant mothers and their relationships with their daughters.
Forced Marriages Still Not a Thing of the Past
The British Government attempts to crack down
APA Books In LA
Angry Asian Man, Angry Little Asian Girl and over 30 writers are putting in appearances at the inaugural Asian Pacific American Book Festival in Los Angeles.
Muslim Women and Sports Don’t Mix? Nonsense.
Sunday’s Washington Post profile on Pakistani American high school tennis player Raheela Fazal left me both excited and disappointed. On the one hand, it’s so great to see South Asians in the mainstream press; on the other hand, the story seems to paint Islam and Muslims with one broad stroke. It opens with this:
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Reese’s New Project
Reese Witherspoon to develop movie based on the murder of British Columbian teen Reena Virk.