Saumya Balsari
Born in India, she has a double Masters in English Literature and German Literature from the University of Bombay and has also studied at the University of Copenhagen.She has worked as a translator in India of German and French, as a teacher in Denmark and as a free-lance journalist and columnist in London. Her play, The Curry Club, later turned into her debut novel. A sequel, a young adult novel, short stories and a book of poems for children are planned, if nothing distracts her friom her purpose. Saumya has her story The Taj by Moonlight in Issue 1 of Walden Writers and The Cut Piece appeared in Issue 2. The Cambridge Curry Club (2004)
The events of this novel centre around a fictitious charity shop in Mill Road, Cambridge. With humour and the occasional touch of pathos it explores how different generations of Indians relate to each other and to the wider community in which they live. Published by Arcadia (This is a 2008 reprint of a 2004 Black Amber publication.) |