And now for a shameless little plug for a literary magazine that's close to my heart :-)
- Sumita Sheth

DesiLit Magazine announces its 2nd Issue!

Exciting things continue to happen in the South Asian arts scene- with the Booker prize for Kiran Desai, the adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's book into the movie The Namesake, the astronomical prices that art from the subcontinent commands at renowned places like Sotheby's.

This gives much hope to all artists, as venturing away from the traditional professions appears to be paying off.

With the latest Issue of DesiLit Magazine, we hope to introduce you to some writers, poets and artists we think the world of -

http://www.desilit.org/magazine/

Come read new Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Articles, Reviews,
Enjoy the winning entries from DesiLit's Rapid Writing Contest, and
Appreciate wonderful new Art by 7 astounding Artists!


Featuring: Nidhi Agarwal, Aadeel Akhtar, Wajahat Ali, Abhishek Bandekar, Sita Bhaskar, Amita Bhatt, Srinjay Chakravarti, Annu Chopra, Kiran Chugani, Hanumantha Rao Devulapalli, Rinku Dutta, Asiya Khaki, Ellen Lindquist, Monica Mody, Bharath Murthy, Srinath Perur, Anjali Purohit, Smitha Radhakrishnan, Sahar Rizvi, Priyanka Sachetti, Mehnaz Sahibzada, Monideepa Sahu, Maryum Saifee, Krishnakumar Sankaran, Ela Shah, V.V.Swamy, Anuradha Vijayakrishnan, Himali Weerahandi