Driving in gridlocked traffic earlier in the week, a BBC Worldservice piece on pigmentocracy in Martinique resonated with me. People prefer lighter skin not only in the Caribbean but in all the former colonies. This…Continue Reading
Tag: india
Wordless Wednesday: An Unlikely Goddess
This trailer is for the first book I ever tried to write. But it appears as my fourth published novel. What happens when My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets The Namesake? You get a young South Asian girl,…Continue Reading
Wordless Wednesday: What's in a Name?
We had our second son last week. You would think 9 months of pregnancy would prepare you to name someone. And yet, my husband and I could not agree. We are both Asian Americans, me…Continue Reading