Desi World
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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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
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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.
