India Abroad

Photojournalist Steve Raymer captures the stories and images of Indians in the diaspora in his forthcoming book.

April 2007

The Night Life Of Trees

Intricate, luminous paintings of trees by leading Gond artists.

April 2007

Rishi Reddi’s Karma

This new set of short stories is making a big splash.

April 2007

Fresh Flavors or Stale Stereotypes?

Masala Chick Lit: Roxanna Kassam explores the South Asian offerings of the chick lit craze.

November 2006

Abha in That City

Abha Dawesar talks about That Summer in Paris—her new novel, and her time spent writing it in the city of lights.

September 2006

Getting Under Our Skins

Writer Pooja Makhijani hopes to provoke discourse and dialogue with her anthology of women’s childhood experiences of race in America.

September 2006

A River Runs Through It

The fabled Indus River is the thread that binds the beautifully illustrated folk stories in Samina Quraeshi’s Legends of the Indus.

May 2005

A Novel Occupation

Writer Amulya Malladi reflects on food, family and fiction.

November 2004

Writing From Two Worlds

Novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni weaves fiction that often delves into the South Asian immigrant experience. Nirali talks with the storyteller about her latest book, Queen of Dreams, and what Divakaruni is dreaming up next.

October 2004

Mysterious Ways

Mystery writer Sujata Massey doesn’t write about an Indian character—her protagonist is half-American, half-Japanese Rei Shimura. learns what motivates Massey to spin her spellbinding tales.

September 2004