Desi World
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY; BOOK MATTERS
June 2019 -
Briefs / Books: This Land Is Our Land; The Patient Assassin (Jallianwala Bagh); Good Talk (multiracial families); Pride, Prejudice, & Other Flavors (gender twist); There’s Something About Sweetie (YA).
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
May 2019 -
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOKS: Samira Ahmed’s novel Internment for young readers; Anita Desai’s The Village by the Sea; Krishna Gubili's Viriah: history; Qurratulain Hyder’s novel River of Fire.
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WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY, PODCASTS, INDIA’S NATIVE SPORTS, BOOK MATTERS
April 2019 -
Briefs / PODCASTS / INDIA’S NATIVE SPORTS / BOOKS: Around the World in 80 Trains; A People’s History of Heaven; The Third Pillar: ...Markets ...the State ...Community; The Good Immigrant
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Who What Where When Why, Tots TV, Exotic Drinks, Books
March 2019 -
Briefs / TV FOR TOTS / EXOTIC DRINKS / BOOK MATTERS: Democracy on the Road, The Object of Your Affections, Asha & the Spirit Bird, Into the Jungle, The Yellow Suitcase, Little Owl's Snow
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Who What Where When Why, Freedom Movement, More RIP, Books
February 2019 -
Briefs / THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT / RIP: REMEMBERING MORE PASSINGS IN 2018 / BOOK MATTERS: The Bridge Home; Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship; The Twice-Born... Ganges; The Far Field
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IN MEMORIAM 2018
December 2018 -
As the year winds down, the holidays allow us to hit pause to relax, reflect, and remember. We offer an appreciation of some individuals who died in the first eleven months of 2018.
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY--& BOOK MATTERS
November 2018 -
Quiz: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS: One Part Woman. Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948. The Complete Indian Instant Pot Cookbook. 4 children's books.
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Who, What, Where, When, & Why -- and Book Matters
October 2018 -
Quiz: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS: We That Are Young. If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi. Balarama’s Story: An Elephant’s Journey. Thread of Love. Heart: A History.
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Quiz, Immigration Act, Chemistry, Women Scaling Heights, Origins of South Asians, Books
August 2018 -
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / IMMIGRATION ACT: THE FALLOUT / MYSTERY OF CHEMISTRY / WOMEN SCALING NEW HEIGHTS / ORIGINS OF MODERN SOUTH ASIANS / BOOKS: Sarah Jessica Parker picks, more.
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Quiz, Screen Indians--looking back & looking ahead, the first Indian-American, car bumps, books
June 2018 -
Quiz, Screen Indians then & now, the first Indian-American, car bumps, books: YA novel by Nisha Sharma, cookbook by Deepa Thomas, middle-school story by Atlanta's Aisha Saeed, Vivek Wadhwa’s new book.
