Freelance writer & editor. Former reporter/sub-editor at a leading national Indian daily. Enjoy book reviews, creative writing, newspaper in education, historic preservation, human-interest stories.
Q&A With Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Can’t Dance
An interview with Newbery Medal–winning author Meg Medina on her latest, Merci Suárez Can’t Dance
The Free Black Women’s Library Celebrates Black Authors and Readers
Bonding Over Bell Hooks, Beyoncé, and Black Womanhood — The Sisterhood of Traveling Books
Q&A With Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: 17 First Person Stories for Today (Adapted for Young Adults)
Today we’re happy to welcome Alice Wong to discuss the young adult adaptation of Disability Visibility.
‘You can make restaurant-quality pizza in your home oven’: Razza chef Dan Richer
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.
5 Bookish Podcasts That Amplify Diverse Voices
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.
Get a taste for some vintage cookbooks at Bonnie Slotnick’s store
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.
5 Picture Books About Inclusion for Children (And Everyone Else)
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
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.
Who Will Win the Epic Bizarre Battle of the Belly?
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?
Who Will Win the Epic Bizarre Battle of the Belly?
Part two of the two-part series on the importance of voting and free speech.
Special Agent Swathi: How to tame the misinformation monster
A two-part series for children on identifying and tackling misinformation and fake news.
Special Agent Swathi: Part 2 – How to tame the misinformation monster
Part two of the two-part series on how to identify and tackle misinformation and fake news
Spot the birds, bees and beautiful buildings of Hoboken in this charming new illustrated map
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.
The last gallop
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.
For these children, Sunday is a working day!
Article written for The Hindu In School, a national daily newspaper brought out exclusively for school students.