DesiLit Book Club

Who We Are

DesiLit book club is a local group that formed in 2005. We bring together individuals who enjoy reading and discussing books written by South Asian authors and/or about the South Asian experience.

What We Read

To view the complete list of titles discussed by DesiLit, visit DesiLit.org and scroll to the bottom for information about the DesiLit book club.

PAST SELECTIONS have included:

Sari Shop by Rupa Bujwa, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, In Other Rooms Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin, Animal's People by Indra Sinha, Invisible Lives by Anjali Banerjee, Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri, City of Djinns by William Dalrymple

2011

Monday, April 2 @ 7:30pm: One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni

Monday, May 2 @ 7:30pm: Love Marriage by V. V. Ganeshananathan

Monday, June 6 @ 7:30pm: Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal

Monday, July 11 @ 7:30pm: The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall

Monday, August 1st @ 7:30pm: A Convent of Little Flowers by Indu Sundaresan

Monday, September 5th @ 7:30pm: The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan

Monday, October 3rd @ 7:30pm: The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji

Monday, November 14th @ 7:30pm: The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya

2012 (so far)

Monday, February 6th @ 7:30pm: Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

Monday, March 5th @ 7:30pm: 2 States by Chetan Bhagat

Monday, June 4th @ 7:30pm

When We Meet

Monthly.

How To Join

Visit DesiLit.org and scroll to the bottom. There you will find a link to our mailing list and a link to our e-mail address.

You might also send inqueries to Sital Shah at sitals@usa.net.

Website

www.desilit.org