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Roshani chokshi aru shah5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Maybe this is prompting a big ‘duh’ from some readers, but honestly, it is not so obvious a conclusion. More stories should be written with Indian-Americans at their center. Storylines as their American counterparts, such as a commentary about the torture chamber known as middle school, or a magical adventure full of fantastical beings. In fact, the past few months have been reallyĮxciting for me, because I’ve been discovering ways that Indian-American characters can be naturally fused into fictional formats that American readers are used to.Īs the main characters, even! There are Indians in America who are receptive to the same kinds of ![]() ![]() Roshani Chokshi, who is half-Gujarati and half-Filipina, has said that she wrote a lot of herself into Aru, and into the supporting character, Mini, who shares her mixed heritage. In which an Indian-American is the protagonist. ANISHA YAGNIK shares her excitement of discovering and reading a story Georgia-based Roshani Chokshi’s Aru Shah and the End of Time (Rick Riordan Presents), the first book in her Pandava series, is about a seventh-grade girl who lives in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, Atlanta-and who,īecause of a questionable decision, is thrust into the world of Hindu mythology. ![]()
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