[This is a quick impression of the first 100 pages, not a review.]
Bloodletting & Miracle Cures by Vincent Lam won Canada’s Giller Prize and has a nice blurb by Margaret Atwood. But it’s actually a poor man’s ER, medical drama written in simplistic, down-at-the-heels prose. One interesting bit concerns cadaver dissection, when female med student […]

Vis-a-vis Manish’s Cover Hall of Shame post and a reader comment about the dearth of solid, youth-oriented South Asian literature, I’d like to draw your attention to Kahani, a South Asian literary magazine for children and also, the 2006 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers and the Multicultural Children’s […]

This year’s Masala Mehndi Masti, the monster North American desi arts fest, starts July 26. They’re upgrading their digs to Toronto’s Exhibition Grounds:
M!M!M! is a free festival that takes place over five eventful and fun-filled days and includes over 75 performances, events and activities covering music, dance, film, theatre, food, natural health practices and a […]