This page was developed to mark the establishment of a multilingual, multi-religious poetry club for the community in Atlanta,…
Works Bahri has a particular interest in aesthetics, and has worked to develop this area in postcolonial studies. In Native Intelligence:…
“In writing of Indian culture, I am highly conscious of my own subjectivity; arguably, there is more than one Indian…
Biography Bapsi Sidhwa is Pakistan’s leading diasporic writer. She has produced four novels in English that reflect her personal experience…
Biography A small, wiry soap opera enthusiast with well-defined features and a ready smile, Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta…
“The magic of fiction seems to be the more specific you are, the more universal you end up becoming.” –…
Biography Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay in 1947, just months before the Partition of British India. His father, Ahmed,…
The information provided on this site for Arundhati Roy is spread across multiple entries. Please click on the following entries for…
Biography A. K. Ramanujan, born in Mysore, India in 1929, came to the U.S. in 1959, where he remained until…
Biography Michael Ondaatje was born on September 12, 1943 in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The son of Mervyn Ondaatje,…
Introduction “She is either the bravest or most foolish person I’ve ever met,” a friend of Nasrin’s is quoted as…
Biography The highly acclaimed director and producer from India, Mira Nair leapt into the world’s spotlight with her film Salaam, Bombay!…
Biography Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad, on August 17, 1932. His Hindu grandfather had emigrated to Trinidad…
“Cultural bastards, Janet, cultural bastards. Dat is what we is.” Out on Main Street Biography Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland…
Biography Rohinton Mistry was born in 1952 in Mumbai and is of Parsi descent. He earned a B. A. in…
Biography Canadian-based filmmaker Deepa Mehta was born in Amritsar, India in 1949. She received a bachelors and masters degree in…
Biography Growing up in America under the supervision of a mother who wanted to raise her children to be Indian,…
Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go, bind your sons to exile To serve…
Biography Romesh Gunesekera was born in Sri Lanka in 1954, moving to London in 1972. He grew up speaking both…
Biography Novelist, poet, and critic Yasmine Gooneratne, a graduate of Bishop’s College, went on to graduate from the University of…
Biography A relative newcomer to the literary scene, Indian author Vikram Chandra garnered much praise for his debut novel Red Earth and…
Biography Due to her first novel Anita Rau Badami was considered one of the newest writers in the vibrant field…
Biography Mary Elizabeth Alexander was born in Allahabad, India, on February 17, 1951. She passed away on November 21, 2018…