Bugs Bunny hatin’ on women, Donald Duck riffin’ on guitar, Mickey Mouse takin’ a . . .

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All young women whom the current political junta doesn’t like–westernized, assertive, working girls with their own plans–are represented as ball-crushing fiends.

Washington DC South Asia Literary Festival Panel now on YOUTUBE

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One of BUZZFEED News’ “15 Books From Smaller Presses You Won’t Be Able to Put Down!”

Announcing the Tasveer South Asia Festival online…. Movies, Books and Conversations

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Announcing the Tasveer South Asia Festival online

Usha Akella I Will Not Bear You Sons

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I have the pleasure of sharing the following new works of art by wonderful writers, with reviews and associated events for their powerful voices

About those silver linings in spite of COVID

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Friends, below are some curated virtual events, artistic and literary, that are the silver lining in COVID skies. Because wherever you are in the world, COVID can’t stop you from attending these. So I’ve listed them below from soonest to latest. I could only list some, and there are many great ones I’m missing. Maybe you can write in comments about those.