Desi World
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
November 2019 -
Briefs / BOOKS: Harbart (Sahitya Akademi Award winner); The Optimist’s Telescope (avoiding risks); The Girl and the Tiger (at home in the jungle); The Best at It (by Maulik Pancholy of 30 Rock).
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WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY, MOON MISSION, IITs, BOOK MATTERS
October 2019 -
Briefs / MOON MISSION / INTENSE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY / BOOK MATTERS: Nina Soni, Former Best Friend; The Anarchy: The East India Company, ... ; Count Me In; The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
September 2019 -
Briefs / BOOKS: Polite Society (inspired by Emma) by a man; Here We Are (Silicon Valley memoir); Gun Island (human & animal displacement) by Amitav Ghosh; The Limits of the World (East Africa).
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
August 2019 -
Briefs / Books: mystery Smoke and Ashes; Unbecoming--a Memoir of Disobedience; Shubh Raatri Dost/Good Night Friend (ages 4-6); 2 YA fantasies: The Tiger at Midnight, Aru Shah and the Song of Death.
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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY / BOOK MATTERS
July 2019 -
Briefs / Books: a Mistry mystery!; Coromandel...[pre-Aryan] South India; adventures of NRI sisters; In the Key of Nira Ghani [YA]; inspirational women for 5-12-yr-olds; and one for 4-8-yr-olds.
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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
