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Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family Audiobook
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Khabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration, migration, and indenture. Focusing on chefs, home cooks, and food stall owners, the book questions what it means to belong and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country? These questions are integral to the author’s own immigrant journey to America as a daughter of Indian refugees (from what’s now Bangladesh to India during the 1947 Partition of India); as a woman of color in science; as a woman who left an abusive marriage; and as a woman who keeps her parents’ memory alive through her Bengali food.
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“Ghosh writes especially well through her memories, from tender to terrifying…Ghosh clearly sees the downsides of food culture—indentured servitude, racism, oversugared and watered-down variations of her favorite dishes—but her mood is also often celebratory.”
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“Deepti Gupta is a soulful voice for this feminist memoir about migration, food, and staying true to one’s choices. As narrator, she is a believable stand-in for the author.”
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“[A] new, very powerful, and entrancing work. I highly recommend it. It’s unforgettable.”
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“More than a story, a political history, or a family legacy, as Ghosh takes the food essay into entirely new directions.”
— Alexander Chee, author, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel -
“Wildly original. With her scientific sensibility, chef’s palate, and poet’s heart, Madhushree Ghosh has given us a singular and spectacular read.
— Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk
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About Madhushree Ghosh
Madhushree Ghosh works in oncology diagnostics and is a social justice activist. Her work has been awarded a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing and a Pushcart Prize nomination.
About Deepti Gupta
Deepti Gupta, fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and English, has an international career spread across India, Singapore, Pakistan, and the United States. As a narrator she brings an open and curious perspective to the author’s work. As an actress she has earned praise from the New York Times for her performance in the feature film Walkaway and also stars in Record/Play (a sci-fi love story) which was an official selection at Sundance 2013.