{"id":1831,"date":"2007-05-01T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T16:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:54:08","slug":"karma-and-other-stories-by-rishi-reddi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/karma-and-other-stories-by-rishi-reddi\/","title":{"rendered":"Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2007\/05\/Karma-and-Other-Stories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-30375\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2007\/05\/Karma-and-Other-Stories.jpg\" alt=\"Karma and Other Stories\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Reddi\u2019s debut \u2013 absolutely one of the best short story collections this year \u2013 captures the nuanced, often contradictory lives of multiple generations of the Indian diaspora. From the cranky old judge convinced he has made a better adjustment to the new world than his backward childhood friend, to a modern young woman scoffing at the concept of arranged marriage, to a lonely housewife who develops a surprisingly sweet relationship with the resident librarian, Reddi offers a refreshing look at the irresolvable duality of the immigrant experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: &#8220;In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Month: New &amp; Notable Books,&#8221; <em>The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, May\/June 2007<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tidbit<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rishireddi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rishi Reddi<\/a> was a guest at SALTAF 2007 (South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival), a much-anticipated, highly-attended annual fall event sponsored by the Smithsonian APA Program and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netsap.org\/netsapdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NetSAP-DC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1832\" title=\"karma-and-other-stories\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/04\/karma-and-other-stories.jpg\" alt=\"karma-and-other-stories\" width=\"128\" height=\"193\" \/>Reddi\u2019s debut \u2013 absolutely one of the best short story collections this year  \u2013 captures the nuanced, often contradictory lives of multiple generations of the Indian diaspora. From the cranky old judge convinced he has made a better adjustment to the new world than his backward childhood friend, to a modern young woman scoffing at the concept of arranged marriage, to a lonely housewife who develops a surprisingly sweet relationship with the resident librarian, Reddi offers a refreshing look at the irresolvable duality of the immigrant experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: &#8220;In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Month: New &amp; Notable Books,&#8221; <em>The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, May\/June 2007<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,53,6535,7,18,31],"tags":[83,1968,6608,10,11,25,3387,39,3388],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-fiction","category-indian-american","category-repost","category-short-stories","category-south-asian-american","category-young-adult-readers","tag-assimilation","tag-bloomsbury-review","tag-bookdragon","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-immigration","tag-karma-and-other-stories","tag-parent-child-relationship","tag-rishi-reddi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [in Bloomsbury Review] - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/karma-and-other-stories-by-rishi-reddi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [in Bloomsbury Review] - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reddi\u2019s debut \u2013 absolutely one of the best short story collections this year \u2013 captures the nuanced, often contradictory lives of multiple generations of the Indian diaspora. 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