Friday, August 03, 2007

Author Meena Nayak will read from her book Endless Rain

At my Dr. Kaung's Salon, at Space 7-10, Kefa Cafe, 963 Bonifant St., Kefa Cafe, Silver Spring, MD

August 24th, Friday, 6.30 PM to 8.30 PM

Do come! Or watch this blog for updates and reports.

Meena A. Nayak will read from her new novel, (Penguin), which takes place in Kashmir, India."Endless Rain" is Meena Nayak's fourth book. She will talk about how she came to write about Kashmir, and her research trips there. Meena teaches Creative Writing and Mythology at Northern Virginia Community College.
Come and find out more about Kashmir -- a place of political turmoil as well as unrivalled beauty, so often featured in world-class writing out of India, especially in the novels of Salman Rushdie. What happens when a writer is compelled to write about a place but knows the research for it could become life threatening?

Special post--A Eulogy for Dr. Myo Nyunt, Agricultural Economist, by Daw Khin Pwint Oo--

By Khin Pwint Oo Edited by Kyi May Kaung. Eulogy for Dr. Myo Nyunt (1937 – 2024) I would never be able to excuse myself if I failed to...