South Asian Author Challenge is being hosted by Swapna at S.Krishna’s Books.
This challenge is to encourage people to read books by South Asian Authors – South Asia being India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The books can be from any time period, contemporary or classic.
Duration Of The Challenge : January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010
My commitment level for the challenge would be 10 books. ( I do have a huge stack of books by South Asian Authors , so Iguess I can pull it off 🙂 )
Book List – Here are a few books on top of my mind and I plan to update the list as and when I read the books
1. Between The Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
2 Swami And Friends by R.K. Narayan
3 Mahashweta by Sudha Murthy
4 Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
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I am really very excited about this challenge. Thanks to Swapna , now can reduce quite a few books from my TBR pile and read those authors whose books I have piled up but haven’t had a chance to read.
Wow… I am still thinking about the books I will need. So i am thinking!
You will come up with a long list Veens. U can include classics as well as contemporary and South Asia has abundance of both.
I really want to join this challenge too, but I don’t know which books to pick. I love books set in India, but I haven’t read anything from other South Asian countries. I haven’t even heard of the authors you’ve picked (apart from #1), so I need to do a lot more research.
I joined this too.
I’m joining this challenge too! I have ‘Between the Assassinations’ on my list as well. Mahashweta is a beautiful book =)