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Kiran Desai: Her Mother’s Daughter

By Lavina Melwani • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Books

Listening to my old tape, I found there were intriguing glimpses of what moves both mother and daughter and the perspectives on the world they share, the values that help them create these very real, very imaginary worlds.


Lavina Melwani – Wordsmith

By Lavina Melwani • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: About

‘Wordsmith’ – I like the feel of the word, its heft. It has echoes of blacksmith, silversmith, goldsmith – someone hardy and dedicated, working with raw material over fire, shaping it and transforming it into something which didn’t exist before.