• Instant To-Read

    instant to-read; the desi folktale edition

    Diwali is this weekend, and I thought it would be a nice way to honour my heritage to talk about some folktales I would love to see more of. It may be that I am looking in the wrong places, but I rarely – if ever – see retellings and reimaginings of desi folktales in media. Sometimes we get Bollywood movies, that is true. But books? I don’t think I’ve ever seen any and that is honestly such a shame because South Asia has a very rich and vibrant culture and history that should be taken advantage of*. *I am very glad to see so many South Asian authors using…