An open letter to Jhumpa Lahiri from a young writer:
You proved that Indians—specifically Bengalis—could make it as writers in New York.
Bio: Rohin Guha is the author of the collection of short stories Relief Work. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
You proved that Indians—specifically Bengalis—could make it as writers in New York, legitimate popular authors, even if we specialized in a particular subset of Indian culture. For a lot of people, your writing smacked them upside the head and awoke them to the fact that the Indian subcontinent isn’t just a large singular mass; it’s a perfect storm of eclectic languages, rituals and people. Your writing also alerted them to the fact that India is kind of a wonderful mess. More
Posted on January 10th, 2011 10:01am
