"It is to fall in love that the soul takes the human form." Thirukural

Welcome to my page. I draw my inspiration for my writing from my years growing up in India and the transitions I have made to arrive where I am today.   It is a wonderful thing - this reading and writing business. Champa Bilwakesh champa_b@yahoo.com Last updated: January 30, 2007

Fiction: The Boston Globe Personal Line - Kenyon Review September 2005 Katrina Denza's Lit Magazine Roundup -Kenyon Review Swallowing Priya - Katha Fiction Contest 1997 - Prize-winning story. Water Therapy - Katha Fiction Contest 1999 - Prize-winning story The Party - Monsoon Magazine 1999 A Safe Place

Book Reviews: Giving Up Hope by Kalyani Mehta  The Dark Holds No Terrors by Shashi Despande  Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadura Lalithambika Antharjanam Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Rama Bai A Breath of Fresh Air by Amulya Malladi The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai Essays: My Town LITERAY ANNOTATIONS Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient Mapping the Emotional Landscape of Hana and Kip V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas Narrative Triggers   Inner and Secret Being    The Drama and the Spectacle Raja Rao's Kanthapura World Articles and Columns: M.F Husain 's Epic India at the PEM NAZ Foundation Fights India's Anti-Sodomy Laws Lalgudi Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi South Asian Women Writers Stock Bookstore Shelves GLBT South Asian Film Festival at MIT Diaspora Torches Ablaze: South Asian Educators Conference