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The SASIALIT mailing list is for the discussion of contemporary literature of South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), including works by authors of South Asian origin throughout the world.
Examples of authors discussed might include: Vikram Chandra, Anita Desai, Farrukh Dhondy, Amitav Ghosh, Romesh Gunesekera, Hanif Kureishi, Gita Mehta, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Mukherjee, V.S. Naipaul, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, and Bapsi Sidhwa. Discussion of lesser-known and emerging writers is of course encouraged.
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In order to provide a focus to discussion on SASIALIT, some participants read and discuss an agreed-upon book each month. Of course, discussion in SASIALIT is by no means limited to these books!
Past books: | |||
| 5/1996 | The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie | ||
| 6/1996 | Ice Candy Man (a.k.a. Cracking India) by Bapsi Sidhwa | ||
| 7/1996 | Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai | ||
| 8/1996 | A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry | ||
| 9/1996 | Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje | ||
| 10/1996 | Passage to Lahore by Julian Samuel | ||
| 11/1996 | The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji | ||
| 1/1997 | Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra | ||
| 2/1997 | East, West by Salman Rushdie | ||
| 3/1997 | Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | ||
| 4/1997 | Ravan and Eddie and Seven Sixes are Forty-Three (Saat Sakkam Trechalis) by Kiran Nagarkar | ||
| 5/1997 | Granta no. 57, "India!: The Golden Jubilee" | ||
| 6/1997 | Reef by Romesh Gunesekera | ||
| 7/1997 | All About H. Hatterr by G.V. Desani | ||
| 8/1997 | Stories About the Partition of India ed. by Alok Bhalla | ||
| 9/1997 | The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | ||
| 10/1997 | The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh | ||
| 11/1997 | English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee | ||
| 12/1997- 1/98 | Love and Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra | ||
| 2/1998 | In Custody by Anita Desai | ||
| 3/1998 | Midnight's Children and Shame by Salman Rushdie | ||
| 4/1998 | Shame (Lajja) by Taslima Nasrin | ||
| 5/1998 | The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor | ||
| 6/1998 | The Guide by R.K. Narayan | ||
| 7/1998 | Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai | ||
| 8/1998 | The Crooked Line (Terhi Lakir) by Ismat Chugtai (tr. by Tahira Naqvi) | ||
| 9/1998 | The Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry ed. by Dharwadker & Ramanujan | ||
| 10/1998 | A River Sutra by Gita Mehta | ||
| 11/1998 | Listening Now by Anjana Appachana | ||
| 12/1998 | A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth | ||
| 1/1999 | A Bend in the River and A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul | ||
| 2/1999 | In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh | ||
| 3/1999 | Meatless Days by Sara Suleri | ||
| 4/1999 | The Country Without a Post Office and A Nostalgist's Map of America by Agha Shahid Ali | ||
| 5/1999 | Swimming Lessons and Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry | ||
| 6/1999 | Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore | ||
| 7/1999 | Freedom Song by Amit Chaudhuri | ||
| 8/1999 | Sandglass by Romesh Gunesekera | ||
| 9/1999 | Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh | ||
| 10/1999 | Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri | ||
| 11/1999 | Love in a Blue Time and Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi | ||
| 12/1999 | Handwriting by Michael Ondaatje | ||
| 1/2000 | The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie | ||
| 2/2000 | Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh | ||
| 3/2000 | The Rebel's Silhouette by Faiz Ahmed Faiz | ||
| 4/2000 | The Attar of Roses and Other Stories from Pakistan by Tahira Naqvi | ||
| 5/2000 | River of Fire (Aag Ka Darya) by Qurratulain Hyder | ||
| 6/2000 | The Romantics by Pankaj Mishra | ||
| 7/2000 | Mother of 1084 / Old Women by Mahasweta Devi | ||
| 8/2000 | Poisoned Bread: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Literature ed. by Arjun Dangle | ||
| 9/2000 | Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje | ||
| 10/2000 | Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid | ||
| 11/2000 | Tivolem by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro | ||
| 12/2000 | Samskara by U.R. Anantha Murthy (trans. A.K Ramanujam) | ||
| 1/2001 | Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsi | ||
| 2/2001 | Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal | ||
| 3/2001 | What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin | ||
| 4/2001 | The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh | ||
| 5/2001 | The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri | ||
| 6/2001 | Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai | ||
| 7/2001 | Hoops of Fire: 50 Years of Fiction by Pakistani Women by Aamer Hussein (ed.) | ||
| 8/2001 | What Was Always Hers by Uma Parameswaran | ||
| 9/2001 | An Equal Music by Vikram Seth | ||
| 10/2001 | Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai | ||
| 11/2001 | The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha | ||
| 12/2001 | Passport Photos by Amitava Kumar | ||
| 1/2002 | Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul | ||
| 2/2002 | Intimacy, Midnight All Day and Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi | ||
| 3/2002 | Riot: A Love Story by Shashi Tharoor | ||
| 4/2002 | The Book of Saladin and In the Shade of the Pomegranate Tree by Tariq Ali | ||
| 9/2002 | The Hero's Walk and Tamarind Woman by Anita Rau Badami | ||
| 10/2002 | The Mystic Masseur by V.S. Naipaul | ||
| 11/2002 | Essence of Camphor by Naiyer Masud | ||
| 12/2002 | Dying in a Strange Country by Tahira Naqvi | ||
Send suggestions for future months to sasialit-owner@mailman.rice.edu. For help in locating copies of the books, see how to find South Asian books abroad.