Urdustan is finally out. It is available for purchase on LULU only--you will NOT find this anywhere else online, not even Amazon. Urdustan is available in PRINT only, and it costs less than $10. It is a collection of short stories. Jean-Marc Lederman, based in Brussels, was kind enough to write up a review/article of my book. You can read it here.
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Seven stories, four nations, one people.Whether it’s a slaughterhouse in the East End of London or a run-down hotel in the holy city of Al-Madinah, a tiny township in Northern Michigan or a fishing village on the Bay of Bengal in India, people yearn for the same thing in common--life--to experience life and to feel alive.Urdustan tells the stories of North Indians and Pakistanis; Muslims and Hindus; Desi Americans and British Asians. All come from the same land yet each leads a different life and tells a different story; each shares the desire to experience love and friendship, the insatiable urge to connect to others on a human level.
Urdustan reveals multiple personalities of the South Asian diaspora that are often ignored. The stories are richly interwoven with different characters from many walks of life--Hasidic Jews, African Americans, punks, deaf teens, gay males, and even supernatural creatures such as vampires and angels. Romance, horror, racism, homophobia, audism, love, death, spirituality, fantasy, friendship all play important factors in the storytelling of Urdustan. Each story is a small reflection of the greatly diverse world we live in and call our home.
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Article/Review of Urdustan
Urdustan contains seven stories. These are called (in order of listing) :
Thank you to Robb Grindstaff, Jeffrey S. Callico, Jean-Marc Lederman, Billee 3000, and family 'n' friendz for the support in my endeavor to self-publishing my first book.
"Broken Pakistani Heart" (a story set in Texas, which deals with the India-Pakistan division)
"Leon, Her Hasidic Jewish Friend" (a friendship story set in Brooklyn, New York)
"Vetala: An Indian Vampire in London" (a horror story set in both London and Ranchi, India)
"The Lady of Lake Superior" (a fantasy/friendship story set in Negaunee, Michigan and Orissa, India)
"The Beggars of Old Delhi" (a ABCD American Born Confused Desi story set in Delhi, India)
"Love and Death in Al-Madinah" (a supernatural religious love story set in the holy city of Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia)
"Bushra, Phylly Jane" (a story set in Kansas City about deafness, audism, and homophobia)
Thank you to Robb Grindstaff, Jeffrey S. Callico, Jean-Marc Lederman, Billee 3000, and family 'n' friendz for the support in my endeavor to self-publishing my first book.
Please subscribe to "The American Dream is Dead" for a weekly post on Urdustan--I will cover each story and explain the meaning and motivation behind writing those seven stories.
