Asha Sridhar

An interview with Newbery Medal–winning author Meg Medina on her latest, Merci Suárez Can’t Dance

Bonding Over Bell Hooks, Beyoncé, and Black Womanhood — The Sisterhood of Traveling Books

Today we’re happy to welcome Alice Wong to discuss the young adult adaptation of Disability Visibility.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — In their new book, ‘Joy of Pizza’, Dan Richer, chef and owner, Razza Pizza Artigianale and Katie Parla, food journalist, cookbook author and television host, dive deep into the art and science of making pizza.

How do you ensure that something as non-negotiable as diversity is not reduced to just a trend? Who decides who the supposed audience for a book should be and on what basis? If you’ve found yourself thinking about this and more, join the conversation with these podcasts on children’s publishing that focus on amplifying marginalized and diverse voices.

NEW YORK — In a city that forces you to look skywards, Bonnie Slotnick’s cookbook store in the East Village peeps out from down below, luring your ever upward gaze towards this garden-level culinary wonderland.

By Asha Sridhar
From learning to love your unique name to bonding with someone different from you, here are five picture books that show us how to build a truly inclusive society.
How lovely it is to look at the world through Jess Hong’s untainted Lovely lens. Tall, short, black, white, sporty, graceful—toss out all the deep-seated biases, stereotypes or cliches you may have associated with these words, for Lovely turns every idea on its head. If you think of a giraffe when someone says, “big...

BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR - Rethinking Sites of Cultural History

I was one of two writers who covered the day-long symposium and wrote a detailed report on the proceedings.

A two-part series for children on the importance of voting and free speech:

Special Agent Swathi has a new case to crack and if there’s one thing she doesn’t have, it’s time! A (ravenously) hungry new monster has landed in her neighbourhood, and that too just before the elections! It only gets worse….This bahubelly has an appetite for all things NEW…s! Can Swathi get her neighbourhood out of this soup or has she taken on more than she can shoo? Yikes! Chew?

Part two of the two-part series on the importance of voting and free speech.

A two-part series for children on identifying and tackling misinformation and fake news.

Part two of the two-part series on how to identify and tackle misinformation and fake news

HOBOKEN, N.J. - In 2020, during the pandemic, when doors were tightly shut and spirits were down, author, illustrator and naturalist Marni Fylling started going on walks around her neighborhood, finding familiar comfort in spotting unfamiliar plants and animals.

Under the torrid March sun, 75-year old N. Velayudham sat on a narrow road off the Mount-Medavakkam High road, at peace with himself, oblivious to the blaring horns and changing landscape, smoke enveloping his face, his upward gaze unwavering.

Article written for The Hindu In School, a national daily newspaper brought out exclusively for school students.