In My Words
It’s #GirlGab, what did you think this would be? And yeah, I can gab. You’ll get a Desi view of what’s up in food, writing, politics, and science. You’ll get to meet my family virtually, and our immigration journey. You might get insights into oncology and infectious diseases’ diagnostics, and my rants on politics and raves about community organizing as well as neighborhood gardening. And books, lots of books. Especially from POCs on all kinds of things.
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Culinary Conversation and Demo with Chef Hetal Vasavada
Wednesday November 6, 2024 from 6-8p at San Diego Made Factory
Friends of the Point Loma Library Author Talk
Monday, October 7, 2024 I’ll be speaking at Point Loma Public Library! About Khabaar, food, refugees, immigrants and how San Diego has made this community so welcoming for all of us.
Khabaarco Supper Club with Priyanka Mattoo
August 20th at Barrio Logan, 6-8:30 pm. @khabaarco Conversations with Changemakers is going to be an exciting conversation with @primattoo about her memoir Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones, food, life, parents, children and where we belong.
Surmeyi Collaboration
Surmeyi is a jewelry and accessories brand that aspires to create objects that evoke your sense of belonging; in your community, in your space and with yourself.
Mingei International Museum Community Lecture
On Oct 2, 2023, the San Diego Writers Festival presents an honest and raw dialogue about immigrant experiences and the food that shapes their lives.
TEDx San Diego
TEDxSanDiego hosted its 13th annual event, “Seeds of Change” in June 2023
Best American Food Essays
Spectacularly excited to tell you that my essay was selected for Mariner Books…
Sabudana Payesh Kheer Made With Tapioca in Place of Rice
Sabudana payesh, or a milk-based tapioca boba dessert is a delicious alternative to the standard rice pudding. It is served after meals to celebrate festivals, birthdays, weddings, or any and all happy occasions.
Local Author Seeks Connection with Home Country Through Food
By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Megan Burke / Senior Producer, Andrew Bracken / Producer, KPBS Midday Edition
Published August 15, 2022 at 3:59 PM PDT
17 Books from Smaller Presses to Read this Summer
A great collection by Wendy J. Fox at BuzzFeed. These fiction and nonfiction reads are great for summer.
Vogue Article
CULTURE & LIVING – How an Indian immigrant holds on to her memories of home through Jabakusum oil. Author Madhushree Ghosh explains how oiling her hair has become an inextricable part of her Bengali identity
Orange County Register May 26
Community garden helps immigrants put down roots. Author Madhushree Ghosh reflects on gardening as a source of resilience and neighborhood joy
Latest April News and Reviews
Book lists, Reviews and Upcoming Releases
This is 51: Madhushree Ghosh Responds to The Oldster Magazine
This is 51: Madhushree Ghosh Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire. A Substack newsletter by Sari Botton
What They Are Saying About Khabaar
What People are Saying about Khabaar
Into Another Year with Grace, Kindness and Patience
Hi, hi! Happy end of year! I hope you’re staying safe, not listening to the news as much, spending time with people who matter and in general, surviving. I say that, because that’s what I’m trying to do.
End of a year and yet…more of the same
Hope you bought tons of books from your favorite indie bookstores as holiday gifts post-Thanksgiving. Mine is in La Jolla and is the country’s oldest family owned one. Which one’s yours?
On Joy, Homesickness, About The Need For Flowers, & Some Pub News
Hi, hi!
Happy belated Durga Puja, belated Bijoya Dashami, belated Dussehra and early Diwali. Yes, desis have a whole lot of festivals we celebrate at this time. We tend to celebrate throughout the year, but October-December, we go full throttle, on festivals, weddings, and celebrations all round!
On Publishing, Supply Chain, & Other Pandemic Concerns
Did you hoard (toilet) paper? Be honest. It’s the same ole, same ole, isn’t it? But hey, we have vaccines, boosters, flu vaccines and many options that can help us stay alive. It’s up to us on how much common sense we have to want to stay alive, don’t you think?
How To Talk About India (& South Asia) and Other Writings Like That
Hi, hi!
Yes, yes, we are still in a pandemic. Yay for the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and yay for Moderna that’s submitted its validation and trial data to the FDA this week—spectacular week for science, and even more spectacular week for anti-vaxxers who are hard at work moving goal posts, again. And again. And again.
Our Grand Selfishness
Hi, hi! This newsletter will be a full-on data-driven and yet fiery one, you have been warned. My books, music, food, newsletter list will be on the next one. Today’s topic is yeah, again, COVID vaccines. Because we need to discuss this pronto.
On Sunflowers and Banana Blossoms
Oh, hi, hi! It’s still June, so here’s your June irregular newsletter. Hope you’re well and here we go! I wanted to talk food, friends, and what it means to us in this pandemic this time. Why? Well, now is as good a time as any, right?
On Funeral Pyres, Oxygen and The Right to Live
Oh, you know, talking about light and fluffy things
The State We Are In: Neither Here, There, nor in Heaven
On vaccine privilege in America and COVID-19 inequities in India.
The E in DE&I in Corporate (Biotech) America & Brownness in The Publishing Industry
The performative commoditization of diversity, equity and inclusion and two decades to be an overnight success.
Books and Such
I am so excited to talk to you about these authors. You’ve been warned, I’ll talk more about their work and the authors in my next few newsletters, yes, that’s how excited I am.
International Womens Day & Why Performative Allyship Makes Me Mad
On misogyny, gender pay parity, political party symbols and hashtags in this pandemic
And Then, One Year Later
On “curve flattening”, hoarding, waiting, vaccinating & reading, American-style
Post Inauguration
Are we waiting for the other shoe to drop?
When Life Happens, In A Pandemic
On cancer, clinical trials, chicken curry and citric acid.
Sari Not Sorry
What is it about rituals?
Literary Representation
Dana Newman Literary Agency
1800 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County 90067, USA
Publisher, "Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory and Family"
University of Iowa Press
119 W. Park Road, 100 Kuhl House, Iowa City IA 52242-1000
Ph: 800-621-2736