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Oct 19, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sayantani Dasgupta
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Sayantani Dasgupta
Shelves dedicated to Youth Restricted Books sit mostly empty at the Huntington Beach Central Library in Huntington Beach, Calif. on Feb. 21st, 2024. Credit - Rick Loomis—the Washington Post/Getty ImagesWhen I was in practice as a pediatrician, I wrote daily prescriptions for reading. I had an actual notepad to help me prescribe books to families of young infants and toddlers.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Sayantani Dasgupta
When I first came to the United States, I was surprised by how much I missed the atmospheric soup that is New Delhi. It’s the unapologetic buzz of a multilingual city and its daily life—the latest Hindi, English, and Punjabi songs crooning from neighboring homes and shops; bells and calls for prayers from temples and mosques; and conversations in languages as disparate as Urdu, Tamil, and Bengali.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sayantani Dasgupta |Jeff Kinney |Sandara Tang
A spooky, fantastical, and inspiring addition to the series. In the third installment of the Secrets of the Sky series, Kiya and Kinjal return to the Kingdom Beyond to solve a ghostly problem. Mere weeks after their last trip there, the 10-year-old twins, who are preparing for bhoot chathurdoshi, a Bengali holiday, find their pakkhiraj horse friends calling for their aid once again.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sayantani Dasgupta |Veera Hiranandani |Mitali Perkins |Aisha Saeed
As a neurodiverse South Asian American reader, I find that most of the books I read make me feel split in half: I get to read books either about neurodiverse characters or about South Asian American characters, but rarely characters like me who identify as both. Consequently, I was delighted to discover the middle-grade novel Drawing Deena (Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster, Feb. 6), which features a neurodiverse, Muslim, Pakistani American protagonist and recently received a starred Kirkus review.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
newyorkfamily.com | Shara Levine |Maulik Pancholy |Sayantani Dasgupta
Diwali Events Round Up 2023Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains globally every year. The holiday falls on Nov. 12 this year, and we have a round up of events leading up to it to celebrate! Learn about the holiday and the culture that surrounds it with these events all over the city. Psst… Here are books to read for Election Day!Celebrate DiwaliBooks of Wonder, 42 West 17th Street, ChelseaWednesday, Nov.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
loc.gov | Sayantani Dasgupta |Brittany N. Williams
Who says classics can’t be revamped? A modern retelling of Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” Sayantani DasGupta’s “Rosewood: A Midsummer Meet Cute ” follows teenage drama at a regency-themed summer camp. Sprinkled with Shakespearean references, Brittany N. Williams’ “That Self-Same Metal ” follows 16-year-old swordsmith Joan as she navigates a fae uprising in 16th-century London. Moderated by NBC’s Eun Yang.
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Jun 16, 2023 | 
lithub.com | Sayantani Dasgupta
It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone loves a good Jane Austen remake. From Alicia Silverstone’s Clueless to Bowen Yang’s Fire Island (a gay, and mostly Asian American, Pride and Prejudice), to the forthcoming Netherfield Girls starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of Never Have I Ever fame, Austen’s stories of love and courtship in 19th-century England continue to shape our ideas of modern-day romance.
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Apr 2, 2023 | 
contrarymagazine.com | Sayantani Dasgupta
He dumped her via a terse, two-line email. Which was surprising because for the two years they had been together he had fulfilled her requests for old-fashioned letters by writing them on unlined, creamy sheets until his hand cramped into a claw. He would email her throughout the day, obsessive bursts of news that shot from his laptop in Columbus all the way to hers in New Delhi, so she could know his movements like his shadow.
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Mar 20, 2023 | 
preview.houstonchronicle.com | Joseph Thomas |Sayantani Dasgupta |Ana Khan
Houston author Jasminne Mendez. Photo: Photo Tasha GorelThis week, Brazos Bookstore welcomes rock 'n' roll icon Adele Bertei, Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents acclaimed Houston author Jasminne Mendez and TeenBookCon returns to Houston. MONDAYMusician and author, Adele Bertei.
