Julie M: I don’t usually reprint others’ work without comment or context, but if you like the Indian literature posts on this blog you should check this essay out.
http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/brown-south-asian-fiction-pandering-western-audiences/#
Now I need to go back and look at my literature posts to make sure I as a reader am not falling into any of Ms. Akhtar’s listed traps and tropes.

Author Javeen Akhtar