youarenotdesi reblogged
youarenotdesi reblogged
Fiction:
- 377, by Manish Jani
- A Life Apart, by Neel Mukherjee
- All the Words Unspoken, by Serena Kaur
- A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn, by Sahil Sood
- Babyji by Abha Dawesar
- Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal
- The Boyfriend, by R. Raj Rao
- The Boy and the Bindi, by Vivek Shraya
- Bright Lines: A Novel, by Tanwi Nandini Islam
- The Carpet Weaver, by Nemat Sadat
- Cinnamon Gardens, by Shyam Selvadurai
- The City of Devi, by Manil Suri
- Cobalt Blue: A Novel, by Sachin Kundalkar
- The Default World, by Naomi Kanakia
- Don’t Let Him Know, by Sandip Roy
- Dulhaniyaa: A Desi Lesbian Romance, by Talia Bhatt
- Funny Boy, by Shyam Selvadurai
- Hostel Room 131, by R. Raj Rao
- My Magical Palace, by Kunal Mukherjee
- Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by SJ Sindhu
- A Married Woman, by Manju Kapur
- Memory of Light, by Ruth Vanita
- Mohanaswamy, by Vasudhendra
- My Father’s Garden, by Hansda Sowvendra Shekar
- The Normal State of Mind, by Susmita Bhattacharya
- Ode to Lata, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
- The Paths of Marriage, by Mala Kumar
- The Pregnant King, by Devdutt Pattanaik
- Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta
- The Quilt and Other Stories, by Ismat Chughtai
- Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, by Bushra Rehman
- Stealing Nasreen, by Farzana Doctor
- Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, by Shyam Selvadurai
- Tell Me How to Be: A Novel, by Neel Patel
- Trying to Grow, by Firdaus Kanga
- The Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
- Valmiki’s Daughter, by Shani Mootoo
- When Tara Met Farah, by Tara Pammi
- The World Unseen, by Shamim Sarif
- Your Driver is Waiting, by Priya Guns
Poetry:
- High Noon and the Body, by Kyla Pasha
- If They Come for Us: Poems, by Fatima Asghar
- She of the Mountains, by Vivek Shraya
- The Tree Outside My Window is a Drama Queen, by Avinash Matta
- The World that Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia, by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal
Children’s:
- The Big Thoughts of Little Luv, by Karan Johar (author) and Priya Kuriyan (illustrator)
- The Boy and the Bindi, by Vivek Shraya (author) and Rajni Perera (illustrator)
- The Boy in the Cupboard, by Harshala Gupta (author) and Priya Dali (illustrator)
- My Paati’s Saris, by Jyoti Rajan Gopal (author) and Art Twink (illustrator)
- Rainbow Hands, by Mamta Nainy (author) and Jo Loring-Fisher (illustrator)
- Ritu Weds Chandni, by Ameya Narvankar
- Sadiq Wants to Stitch, by Mamta Nainy (author) and Niloufer Wadia (illustrator)
Young Adult:
- The Best at It, by Maulik Pancholy
- Bruised, by Tanya Boteju
- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adbia Jaigirdar
- The Henna Wars, by Adiba Jaigirdar
- Jaya and Rasa, Sonia Patel
- Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, by Tanya Boteju
- The Loophole, by Naz Kutub
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
- Nikhil Out Loud, by Maulik Pancholy
- Talking of Muskaan, by Himanjali Sankar
- Tell Me How You Really Feel, by Aminah Mae Safi
- We are Totally Normal, by Naomi Kanakia
- When Tara met Farah: An Opposites Attract Romance, by Tara Pammi
- Zara Hossain is Here, by Sabina Khan
Fantasy:
- The Devourers, by Indra Das
- The Ivory Key, by Akshaya Raman
- The Jasmine Throne, by Tasha Suri
- The Lotus Empire, by Tasha Suri
- The Oleander Sword, by Tasha Suri
- Rakesfall, by Vajra Chandrasekera
Biography & Memoir:
- Antiman, by Rajiv Mohabir
- Between Queens and the Cities, by Niranjan Kunwar
- Dirty River, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- A Dutiful Boy, by Mohsin Zaidi
- The Man Who Would be Queen, by Hoshang Merchant
- Me Hijra, Me Laxmi, by Laxminarayan Tripathi
- A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim’s Hajj of Defiance, by Parvez Sharma
- So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay In India, by Vivek Tejuja
- A Truth About Me: A Hijra Story, by A. Revathi
- We Have Always Been Here, by Samra Habib
- You Can’t Be Serious, by Kal Penn
Non-Fiction & Anthologies:
- AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India, by Amartya Sen and various authors
- Because I Have A Voice: Queer Politics in India, edited by Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan
- Beyond the Gender Binary, by Alok Vaid-Menon
- Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica, by Meenu and Shruti
- Decolonlize Drag, by Kareem Khubchandani
- The Fabulous Feminist: A Suniti Namjoshi Reader, by Suniti Namjoshi
- Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love, and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India, by Parmesh Shahani
- Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India, by Vaibhav Saria
- Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures, by Gayatri Gopinath
- The Invisibles, by Zia Jaffrey
- Ishstyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance), by Kareem Khubchandani
- A Lotus of Another Color, by Rakesh Ratti
- Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West by Ruth Vanita
- Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India, by Maya Sharma
- Made in India: Decolonializations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/National Projects, by Suparna Bhaskaran
- Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family, by Various authors
- Neither Man Nor Woman, Serena Nanda
- No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy, by Chaynika Shah, Raj Merchant, et al.
- Out! Stories from the New Queer India, by Minal Hajratwala
- Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society, by Ruth Vanita
- Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics, by Naisargi Dave
- Sakhiyani: Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India, by Giti Thadani
- Same-Sex Love in India, edited by Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwal
- Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia, by Sanjay Srivastava
- Sex Longing and Not Belonging: A Gay Muslim’s Quest for Love and Meaning, by Badruddin Khan
- Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India, by Pushpesh Kumar
- Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik
- We Were Here: Sexuality, Photography, and Cultural Difference, by Sunil Gupta
- With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India, by Gaytri Reddy
- Yaraana: Gay Writings from South Asia by Hoshang Merchant
I added a new category of illustrated children’s books (yay!) and about a dozen or so books to the existing categories. Please share!
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youarenotdesi reblogged
Fiction & Poetry:
- 377, by Manish Jani
- A Life Apart, by Neel Mukherjee
- All the Words Unspoken, by Serena Kaur
- A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn, by Sahil Sood
- Babyji by Abha Dawesar
- Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal
- The Boy and the Bindi, by Vivek Shraya
- Bright Lines: A Novel, by Tanwi Nandini Islam
- Cinnamon Gardens, by Shyam Selvadurai
- The City of Devi, by Manil Suri
- Cobalt Blue: A Novel, by Sachin Kundalkar
- Don’t Let Him Know, by Sandip Roy
- Funny Boy, by Shyam Selvadurai
- High Noon and the Body, by Kyla Pasha
- Hostel Room 131, by R. Raj Rao
- My Magical Palace, by Kunal Mukherjee
- Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by SJ Sindhu
- A Married Woman, by Manju Kapur
- Memory of Light, by Ruth Vanita
- Mohanaswamy, by Vasudhendra
- My Father’s Garden, by Hansda Sowvendra Shekar
- The Normal State of Mind, by Susmita Bhattacharya
- Ode to Lata, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
- The Paths of Marriage, by Mala Kumar
- The Pregnant King, by Devdutt Pattanaik
- Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta
- She of the Mountains, by Vivek Shraya
- Stealing Nasreen, by Farzana Doctor
- Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, by Shyam Selvadurai
- Tell Me How to Be: A Novel, by Neel Patel
- The Tree Outside My Window is a Drama Queen, by Avinash Matta
- Trying to Grow, by Firdaus Kanga
- The Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
- Valmiki’s Daughter, by Shani Mootoo
- When Tara Met Farah, by Tara Pammi
- The World Unseen, by Shamim Sarif
Young Adult:
- The Best at It, by Maulik Pancholy
- Bruised, by Tanya Boteju
- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adbia Jaigirdar
- The Henna Wars, by Adiba Jaigirdar
- Jaya and Rasa, Sonia Patel
- Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, by Tanya Boteju
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
- We are Totally Normal, by Naomi Kanakia
- Zara Hossain is Here, by Sabina Khan
Biography & Memoir:
- Between Queens and the Cities, by Niranjan Kunwar
- A Dutiful Boy, by Mohsin Zaidi
- The Man Who Would be Queen, by Hoshang Merchant
- Me Hijra, Me Laxmi, by Laxminarayan Tripathi
- A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim’s Hajj of Defiance, by Parvez Sharma
- A Truth About Me: A Hijra Story, by A. Revathi
- We Have Always Been Here, by Samra Habib
- You Can’t Be Serious, by Kal Penn
Non-Fiction & Anthologies:
- AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India, by Amartya Sen and various authors
- Because I Have A Voice: Queer Politics in India, edited by Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan
- Dirty River, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- The Fabulous Feminist: A Suniti Namjoshi Reader, by Suniti Namjoshi
- Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love, and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India, by Parmesh Shahani
- Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures, by Gayatri Gopinath
- The Invisibles, by Zia Jaffrey
- A Lotus of Another Color, by Rakesh Ratti
- Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West by Ruth Vanita
- Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India, by Maya Sharma
- Made in India: Decolonializations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/National Projects, by Suparna Bhaskaran
- Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family, by Various authors
- Neither Man Nor Woman, Serena Nanda
- No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy, by Chaynika Shah, Raj Merchant, et al.
- Out! Stories from the New Queer India, by Minal Hajratwala
- Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society, by Ruth Vanita
- Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics, by Naisargi Dave
- Sakhiyani: Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India, by Giti Thadani
- Same-Sex Love in India, edited by Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwal
- Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia, by Sanjay Srivastava
- Sex Longing and Not Belonging: A Gay Muslim’s Quest for Love and Meaning, by Badruddin Khan
- Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik
- With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India, by Gaytri Reddy
- Yaraana: Gay Writings from South Asia by Hoshang Merchant
Just added dozens of books to this list, and two new categories! As always, please let me know if there’s a book I’m missing!
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