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Dimple Lala thought that growing up would give her all the answers, but instead she has more questions than ever. Her boyfriend is distant, her classmates are predictable, and a blue mood has settled around the edges of everything she does. It's time for a change, and a change is just what Dimple is going to get - of scenery, of cultures, of mind. She thinks she's heading to Bombay for a family wedding - but really she is plunging into the unexpected, the unmapped, and the uncontrollable. The land of her parents and ancestors has a lot to reveal to her - for every choice we make can crescendo into a journey, every ending can turn into a beginning, and each person we meet can show us something new about ourselves. Tanuja Desai Hidier's BORN CONFUSED gave voice to a new multicultural generation.
About the Author
TANUJA DESAI HIDIER is a writer and musician based in London, via NYC. Her first novel, --the first ever South Asian American coming-of-age story--was a Larry King pick of the week, an American Library Association BBYA book of the year, and a book of the week. The book has been translated into Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, German, and various South Asian languages, and was recently exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art as part of the exhibition. Tanuja has adapted BORN CONFUSED into a screenplay. She wrote and directed the award-winning short film . Her short stories have been included in numerous anthologies, including the anthology, celebration of a decade of Asian-American writing, , Basilisk. com, Daunt Bookstore's Short Story Anthology, , and , the latter for which she was featured on BBC1's program Tanuja has been a recipient of the d and the . Soon after launched, Time Out New York brought her on board as Guest Consulting Editor for their groundbreaking issue: . Tanuja was also a finalist for the for the United Kingdom and was voted one of the in the world by Desiclub. com. She is currently at work on the Bombay-based sequel to BORN CONFUSED, as well as an album of new songs to accompany the book.
