updated Sunday, July 11, 2010
Books about South Asia and by South Asians that qualify for the South Asian Author Challenge:
Saffron Dreams – Shaila Abdullah
Haunting Bombay – Shilpa Agarwal
The Forbidden Daughter – Shobhan Bantwal
The Sari Shop Widow – Shobhan Bantwal
Modern Spice – Monica Bhide
Salaam, Paris – Kavita Daswani
The Music Room – Namita Devidayal
One Amazing Thing – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Half Life – Roopa Farooki
A Disobedient Girl – Ru Freeman
Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh
Secret Daughter – Shilpi Somaya Gowda
The Writing on My Forehead – Nafisa Haji
Leaving India – Minal Hajratwala
Lucky Everyday – Bapsy Jain
Atlas of Unknowns – Tania James
Almost Single – Advaita Kala
Unaccustomed Earth – Jhumpa Lahiri
Gifted – Nikita Lalwani
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders – Daniyal Mueenuddin
The Enchantress of Florence – Salman Rushdie
Fury – Salman Rushdie
Rooftops of Tehran – Mahbod Seraji
Burnt Shadows – Kamila Shamsie
Girl Most Likely To – Poonam Sharma
The Girl from Foreign – Sadia Shepard
In the Convent of Little Flowers – Indu Sundaresan
Shadow Princess – Indu Sundaresan
Bombay Time – Thrity Umrigar
First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood – Thrity Umrigar
The Weight of Heaven – Thrity Umrigar
Climbing the Stairs – Padma Venkatraman
Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People – Farahad Zama
Books about South Asia or by South Asians that do not qualify for the South Asian Author Challenge:
In the Kitchen – Monica Ali
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857 - William Dalrymple
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi – Geoff Dyer
East of the Sun – Julia Gregson
The Case of the Missing Servant – Tarquin Hall
Schooled - Anisha Lakhani
The Blue Notebook – James Levine
The Sound of Language - Amulya Malladi
Dreaming in Hindi – Katherine Russell Rich
Watermark – Vanitha Sankaran
12 comments:
Just checking to make sure that I did not miss a post, has the challenge sign up started yet?
No, the challenge sign up hasn't started yet! I'm putting up these posts in order to get ready for it.
Thanks for responding. Looking forward to the challenge!
Oh, this looks interesting! I must see if my library has any of these.
What a neat idea, Swapna!
Shaila Abdullah
I'm hoping that Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen counts for the challenge, but I could be wrong?!
Serena - If I'm not mistaken, SHORT GIRLS is about two sisters of Vietnamese origin, which means it doesn't count.
Ok, so Vietnam does not count...alrighty...thanks for the clarification.
Another random question, does Watermark by Vanitha Sankaran count for the challenge?
Serena - Again, unfortunately not since Watermark (while a great book) isn't about South Asia/South Asians, though the author is South Asian. I'm actually planning on lifting this restriction for next year, so it would count next year (not that that helps you now!)
That's fine. I only have one more book for the challenge, so I'm sure I will come across one soon. I do have Burnt shadows, which you sent me. Maybe I can push that up the list.
Hey, am a 1st timer here :)
How do I signup for the challenge?
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