Posts Tagged ‘South Asia’

By kamla bhatt • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, India, New Delhi, New York, People
 
 In Conversation with Madhur Jaffrey: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Madhur Jaffrey , a well-known actress & author of several cooks books & TV shows talks about her autobirograhy: Climbing The Mango Trees.
In this autobiography she paints a wonderful picture of her childhood in India. Madhur grew up in a large “joint family,” in Delhi during the 1930s and 1940s. So in the book she [...]


By kamla bhatt • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Featured, India, People
 
 Naomi Duguid: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Naomi Duguid is a lawyer turned cook/writer. Along with her husband Jeffrey Alford she has written 6 wonderful cook books and they won the James Beard award for two of their books.
Their latest book is Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China and has won rave reviews for mapping the food [...]


By kamla bhatt • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, People
 
 In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-2: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Pico Iyer is a well-known writer and essayist, who has written 9 books and numerous articles and essays in various magazines and publications.
Pico wrote his first book Video Night in Kathmandu about 20 years ago and still features as one of the top must-read books. He is also the author of The Lady and the [...]