Train Friends: Bombay Roots, Parallel Tracks, Shared Journeys - Softcover

Patwardhan, Nandini; Rao, Ranjani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9811429685 ISBN 13: 9789811429682

Publisher: Story Artisan Press, 2019

Synopsis

This is a collection of fourteen paired essays written by Nandini Patwardhan and Ranjani Rao. Both writers grew up in Mumbai and spent long periods in the United States. The essays explore similar themes, but from very different perspectives. Topics covered are the emergence of ambition in childhood, becoming mothers in a foreign land, the meaning of home, and how the writers' values continue to be shaped by their formative experiences.This is a different kind of immigrant narrative. There is nostalgia, but it is colored with optimism, ambition, and courage. Curious and open-minded readers will find resonance in this anthology. Grab a copy and hop on our train for a uniquely uplifting and insightful journey.

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About the Author

Nandini Patwardhan grew up in India and has lived in the United States for the last thirty five years. A math major by training and a software developer by vocation, she is a writer by avocation. 

She started writing personal essays as a way to record her experiences as "an Indian mother raising American kids." Soon, writing became her way of getting to the heart of her deepest convictions. A little later, she realized that her personal essays were like letters from her old self to her current self.

Edition details

• Publisher: Story Artisan Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811429685
• ISBN 13: 9789811429682
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90