Lopa Basu in India Currents says, “Food offers a vision of not just one woman’s immigrant journey, or that of her extended family’s—it juxtaposes individual with national trauma.”

Sunday Mid-Day hails KHABAAR as “A new book blends a memoir with the larger narrative on how food from the region has travelled through immigration, migration, and indenture.”

Layla Khoury-Hanold in Hippocampus Magazine notes, “Khabaar is for readers looking for a deeper understanding of how food serves as a platform to explore other topics, such as the immigrant experience, social justice, and self-discovery, for food lovers who relish descriptive prose and armchair travel, and for anyone who devours thoughtful, reflective writing set against a precise style of storytelling.”