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Masalamommas love to curl up with a good book and a chai or latte … here’s what we’re reading. Look for periodic interviews with authors of some best-sellers.

South Asian American Youth Literature and the Bi-Cultural Experience

By Lalitha Nataraj,  @librarian_lali This article was originally published on Lalitha’s blog called : masalareader.wordpress As a youth services librarian, and the mother of two children of bi-racial/bi-cultural heritage, I’m strongly committed to highlighting books mirroring a broad spectrum of cultural differences. I also find myself experiencing a renaissance of sorts, as I

Book Review: Sex and Samosas, By Jasmine Aziz

Keys to Success: A Loving Marriage, a Vibrator named Bunty and an Unforgettable Samosa By Sheba Siddiqui Leena is a good Indian wife and daughter.  She spends her evenings cuddling on the couch watching TV with her husband and her weekends making samosas with her mother. After five years of

Profile of a South Asian MomBlogger: Radhika Kowtha

By Anjum Choudhry Nayyar She’s an avid blogger with three, countem’, THREE! blogs she maintains. While South Asian mombloggers aren’t on the radar in the mainstream, they are certainly a force. Living in D.C. and originally from Madras, India,  Radhika Kowtha is a mom of three, a wife, a daughter,