By Nitasha Manchanda
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The dynamic author Sujata Massey joined me in conversation earlier this summer and shared her resolution to make it her best summer by “only reading pleasurable and escapist books”! Why not take this idea into the hectic ‘Back to School’ season too? Join us as Sujata shares more about her latest Perveen Mistry historical mystery set in 1920s India and don’t miss her fun suggestions for light reading and how to make some free fun for yourself WITHOUT getting on a plane!
Sujata was first on the podcast on Ep. 60 which you can catch right here! Hear our latest chat now on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!
SHOWNOTES for Mini-Edit 5:
Connect with Sujata through her website and Instagram
Buy the Perveen Mistry Book 4 here (The Mistress of Bhatia House)
Other books and other tips we discussed on the show:
Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour
The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volumes I and II
Wives like Us by Plum Sykes
The Lost boy of Santa Chiomia
The Franchise Affair and Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Support the show via Patreon!
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Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!
“Why do people migrate?” was the question Ritu Hemnani’s daughter posed to her one day. A deeper look at her own family’s story of migration from Sindh to Hong Kong led this educator to explore the history of the Partition and to share this story with her family and beyond. Author of ‘Lion of the Sky’ a beautiful, middle grade novel in verse, Ritu joins me on this episode to discuss her family’s story of resilience. We chat about the Sindhi language, life in Hong Kong, her experience teaching in an urban British school, and so much more.
Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!
SHOWNOTES for Ep. 95:
Connect with Ritu through her website and Instagram
Buy Lion of the Sky
Veera Hiranandani’s books on the Partition The Night Diary and Amil & the After
Other books and other tips we discussed on the show:
Restart by Gordon Korman
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WHite
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
The Forgettery by Rachel Ip
Arirang Korean restaurant
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Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram!
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!
Another one for you book lovers out there!
Many of us were introduced to the wonder of picture books only once we began reading them to our kids. My latest guest Srividhya Venkat fell in love with children’s books and never looked back (at her former career in accounting)! Srividhya began a second act in early childhood education, and then a third in children’s literature. Her beautiful books ‘Girls on Wheels’ and ‘Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps’ are a wonder, and she has a brand new one out next week celebrating Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi!
Join us in this conversation celebrating the joy of kidlit! Listen and rate us on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this, please do tell a friend!
SHOWNOTES for Ep. 94:
Connect with Srividhya through her website and Instagram
Buy Girls on Wheels, Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps and Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi's Fight to End Child Labor
Other books we discussed on the show:
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca
May Your Life Be Deliciosa: A Picture Book by Michael Genhart
Support the show via Patreon!
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram!
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!
Looking for a new picture book to read with kids in your life? This brand new one really made me think about all the tiny and large ways children develop their sense of belonging in a family and their sense of self in the world at large. The rich detail of what family members pass down to new arrivals is beautifully captured in this lovely book written by Shelly Anand, illustrated by Meenal Patel.
I get to chat with TWO previous guests on this Mini-Edit (hear Shelly’s story on Ep. 55 and Meenal’s on Ep. 23)! Join me as we dive into the story behind this new book, and please take a second to rate us on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!
SHOWNOTES FOR Mini-Edit 4:
Connect with Shelly through her website and Instagram
Find Meenal through her website and instagram
Buy “In This Family”
Other books we discussed on the show:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
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Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!
Why does American history still exclude so many? My latest guest Mae Ngai is Lung Professor of Asian American Studies and History at Columbia University and has written award-winning books on immigration and the Chinese diaspora sharing stories of immigrants during the Gold Rush and other pivotal historical events. Before becoming a historian, Mae was a labor union organizer and educator in New York City where she met another influential documenter of Asian America: photographer Corky Lee who sadly passed away from Covid-19 in early 2021. Mae has edited a brand new book “Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice” which collects the activist photographer’s iconic images into a beautiful and moving book.
Join me as Professor Ngai gives us a glimpse into Asian American history and Corky’s important contribution, and please share the episode with a friend who might enjoy this chat!
SHOWNOTES for Ep. 93:
Buy the new book: “Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice”
Professor Ngai’s other books: The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes, Chinese Migration, and Global Politics, The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America
The NYT on Corky Lee
Other books we discussed on the show:
Orphan Bachelors: A Memoir by Fae Myenne Ng
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
Wondering where to start with learning more about black and brown solidarity? Or how to write about a difficult experience? Reading author and educator Nina Sharma’s wonderful debut “The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown” is a great first step. So grateful to Nina for her honest and elegant writing and for this amazing chat! Nina shares her sometimes rocky road to owning her writer identity, her struggle to write about her mental health challenges, and the profound connection she felt when she met her husband who is African-American and a fellow writer.
BONUS: So much great advice on writing for everyone out there! Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!
SHOWNOTES for Ep. 92:
Connect with Nina through her websiteand Twitter/X
Buy her book “The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown”
Books and other stuff we discussed on the show:
Margo Jefferson’s Negroland and Constructing a Nervous System
Big Blue Marble Bookshop in Philadelphia
Asian American Writer’s Workshop
The Question of Palestine by Edward Said
Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley
They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta
Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
What happens to families AFTER they’ve survived a traumatic historical event? Veera Hiranandani set out to explore this question in her sequel to the beloved Newbery-honor winning middle-grade novel ‘The Night Diary’. ‘Amil and the After’ now finds Nisha and Amil navigating a new life in Mumbai following their family’s migration from Sindh during the Partition of India in 1947. Join me as Veera chats about her new book, and listen and rate us on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
If you enjoyed this, please leave a star rating wherever you listen! And if you’d like to hear Veera’s whole journey leading up to ‘The Night Diary’, please check out Ep. 34!
SHOWNOTES FOR Mini-Edit 3:
Connect with Veera through her website and Instagram
Buy her books here, including Amil and the After
Other books we discussed on the show:
The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi
Lion of The Sky by Ritu Hemnani
The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition by Shirin Shamsi
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
Ever wondered whether you should take that step to turning your hobby into a business? New York based Simran Khiantani (also goes by Namrata) shares her journey from Bombay to New York via the Canary Islands! Inspired by her MIL’s amazing sauces and her friends’ insistence that she start selling them, Simran recently launched her condiment brand after years of research and development. Try them now from Amazon and join our chat as Simran takes us behind the scenes of launching her business and some ideas for dinner tonight!
Listen and rate us on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this, please leave a star rating wherever you listen!
SHOWNOTES FOR Ep. 91:
Try Simran’s AMAZING sauces through her website and Amazon
Wondering what to cook for dinner tonight? Follow her on Instagram for some lovely recipes!
More recipes with SimranCooks sauces here
Dominique Ansel’s lovely banana bread recipe that is my household staple now!
Books we discussed on the show:
Cooking Up a Business: Lessons from Food Lovers Who Turned Their Passion into a Career -- and How You Can, Too
Zaytinya by Jose Andres
Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi's Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients
Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen: A Peranakan Family's Food Memories of Singapore by Sharon Wee
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
Exploring her husband’s Goan and Portuguese heritage led writer Christine Chitnis to create a beautiful celebration of the visual culture of Portugal: “Patterns of Portugal”. Having successfully completed a similar project in 2020 with “Patterns of India”, Christine was inspired to share her view of the beauty of this small nation at the edge of Europe.
Join me in this mini-Edit where Christine takes us behind the scenes of putting together this stunning lifestyle book, including some of her favorite moments and travel tips!
Listen and rate us on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Christine’s first appearance where we chat about “Patterns of India” was on Ep. 31 and if you enjoyed this, please do tell a friend!
SHOWNOTES FOR MINI-EDIT 2:
Experience Christine’s work through her website and her beautiful instagram account
Buy Patterns of Portugal here or on Amazon
Patterns of India book and our pandemic chat on episode 31!
East Coasting
Christine’s exclusive Patterns of Portugal box with Portugalia Market brings to life the pages of the book through carefully selected artisanal products
Take an IRL trip to Portugal with Christine - sign up here
Books we discussed on the show:
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Notes on an Execution: An Edgar Award Winner Danya Kukafka
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
“You know, as Asian Americans, we often don't know our history. I myself have lived in the US more than 50 years, and yet a lot of people still think that you’ve recently come from India. This is not just about MIT, it's actually an important part of the history of South Asians in America.” - Ranu Boppana
A physician and former President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology South Asian Alumni Association, Ranu Boppana began to learn about the history of South Asians at MIT (which began in 1880!) and the history of MIT’s role in developing technological education in the newly independent India and Pakistan. She teamed up with History Professor Sana Aiyar and, along with MIT-India Program Manager Nureen Das, they conceived of an exhibit showcasing this shared history. Driven by their own curiosity and their commitment to sharing their discoveries with current and former MIT students, the team has created a wonderful digital resource for us all.
I learned so much about the history of South Asians in the US, including many surprising connections with the Indian Independence movement. Join me in this fascinating journey back in time with Ranu and Sana and please take a second to rate the podcast on iTunes so we can spread the word about their amazing work!
SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 90:
Experience the “South Asia and The Institute” digital exhibition via the website including some wonderful videos
Follow Sana’s work here including her books
Read more about Ranu here
Other Books we discussed on the show:
Ross Bassett’s The Technological Indian
The Other One Percent: Indians in America by Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur and Nirvikar Singh
Our Stories: An Introduction to South Asian America by South Asian Digital Archive
The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India by Ajantha Subramanian
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
Booker Shortlisted Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Jhumpa Lahiri’s Roman Stories
Kamila Shamie’s Best of Friends
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden
Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.