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In our lifetimes, we all embark on multiple safaris — trips that are sometimes real and other times, imaginary or metaphorical. What better way is there to keep tabs on our daily journeys (to places known and unknown) than through the written word? Join us on a daily literary safari as we travel and discover the world through books, art, movies, music, family, and more.Featured Stories
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,more than lived up to my expectations. Even if you're not one of those <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/books/14nanny.html" target="_blank">keen readers drawn to nanny novels</a>, there are a few good reasons to pick up this one.](http://www.literarysafari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Tell-Us-Were-Home-150x150.png "Not Just Another Nanny’s Diary: “Tell Us We’re Home” by Marina Budhos")
Not Just Another Nanny’s Diary: “Tell Us We’re Home” by Marina Budhos
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsI was a fan of Marina Budhos's first YA novel, Ask Me No Questions, and am glad that her new book [Tell Us We're Home](http://www.amazon.com/Tell-Were-Home-Marina-Budhos/dp/1416903526/ref=sepia-20),more than lived up to my expectations. Even if you're not one of those keen readers drawn to nanny novels, there are a few good reasons to pick up this one. -
A Dress Made Up of Morning Pages
Posted on July 20, 2010 | 1 CommentA dress made up of morning pages reminds me to go back to writing them. -
Eating Bangles
Posted on April 16, 2010 | 4 CommentsBeing around my 7 month old daughter brings out the poetic force in me. I find myself speaking to her in riddles and rhymes and sometimes I feel like I’m... -
Seven Years Later
Posted on March 19, 2010 | 1 CommentToday marks the seven year anniversary of the Iraq war. There has been very little coverage in the media. But I’m still thinking about Nina Berman’s series of photographs “Marine... -
Review: Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsIt has now been six months since the birth of my daughter and I’m a bit behind on my posts. It actually took me a while to be able to... -
Helping Kids Discover Their Unique Family Histories
Posted on February 5, 2010 | 1 CommentI didn’t know what to expect of the on stage musical adaptation of Uma Krishnaswami’s picture book “Chachaji’s Cup” this past weekend. The program billed it as “Bollywood style,” a... -
Jehangir Mehta: The Next Iron Chef?
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsOriginal post at Sepia Mutiny. A couple of weeks ago, I tuned in to the Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef to find a sophisticated, soft spoken, skinny desi chef... -
Wanted: “Only in New York” Stories
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsHelp preserve what’s left of the weirdness of New York. Submit a Twitter’ish length short (about 60 words or so) in response to the question: What’s the strangest, craziest thing... -
The Brief But Wondrous Hiatus of this Blog
Posted on October 28, 2009 | 1 CommentI’ve been on a brief but wondrous hiatus for the past eight or so weeks, celebrating and treasuring the birth of my daughter who made her very special entrance into... -
Summer Reading: From Ohio to Delhi to Accra
Posted on August 21, 2009 | No CommentsOf summer reading, the Presbyterian minister Henry Ward Beecher, once said, “There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this... -
Smiling Along with Gene Yang and Derek Kim’s The Eternal Smile
Posted on August 21, 2009 | No CommentsWhen I received my copy of Gene Yang’s latest graphic novel The Eternal Smile, the bright yellow reminded me of his award-winning and best-selling American Born Chinese, one of my... -
Q&A with Minal Hajratwala, author of Leaving India
Posted on July 16, 2009 | No CommentsThis interview was originally published at Sepia Mutiny. As someone whose own family is dispersed over several continents (my husband often jokes that we can’t visit any new country without...
