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The Fire Sacrifice (Asian Writers S.)
by Susham Bedi
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Creators
AuthorSusham Bedi
PublisherPearson Education Limited
TranslatorDavid Rubin
SynopsisSusham Bedi lives and teaches in the USA, but continues to write in her mother-tongue, Hindi. Through a woman's eyes, this novel describes several years in the lives of Indian immigrants in the United States, charting the battle of traditional Hindu morals and values against modern American life.
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Binding: Paperback
About the author
Dr. Susham Bedi is a professor in Discipline of Hindi language and literature at Columbia University and the Hindi-Urdu Language Program Coordinator. Her interests are as varied as her background. Being a native of India, Dr. Bedi understands the culture and politics of India on a personal level.
She is a leading Indian author of novels and short stories, writing in Hindi and living in the United States. Her novel Haven (1989) was translated into English and published under the title The Fire Sacrifice in 1993 and re-printed in 2006. Her another novel Lautna is also translated into English and published under the title Portrait of Mira in 2006.
Dr. Bedi's research concentrates on Indian theatre but she has also been involved in pedagogical research and has developed authentic reading and listening comprehension materials in Hindi.
