Sameer Pandya

2 weeks ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Sameer Pandya |Jessica Zack

Sameer Pandya is the author of “Our Beautiful Boys.” Photo: Author portrait by Brett Hall JonesWhile Sameer Pandya was writing his latest novel “Our Beautiful Boys,” he knew he wanted to somehow work in one of his favorite photos that’s been sitting on his desk for years.. It’s a faded snapshot taken by Pandya’s maternal grandfather of Mahatma Gandhi walking barefoot down a dusty Indian road beside a boy who’s beaming in admiration at the living paragon of nonviolence.

Jun 28, 2024 | marketplace.org | Sameer Pandya |Zoe Saunders |Tony Wagner

My family, friends and the whole “This Is Uncomfortable” team have scarcely been able to enjoy a meal without me bringing up something I learned in Priya Fielding-Singh’s “How the Other Half Eats.”Did you know that collard greens and kale are nutritionally equivalent (and the exact same species, Brassica oleracea), but racism and social stigma means only one of them is touted as a superfood?