IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
