Welcome to the South Asian Review Database! This is a collection of reviews from around the web of books by South Asian authors and about South Asia. Please feel free to poke around and discover new books and authors. The database is organized alphabetically by author’s last name. If you’d like to add your own reviews, please review the guidelines below before linking. Please do not reprint or reuse any reviews you find through this database without permission from the author of the blog.
Linking reviews to the South Asian Review Database:
Use the Mr. Linky below to add your review links to this database. In the name field, include the information below. In the link field, include a link to your review. If you don’t have a blog, please feel free to link to your review on LibraryThing/GoodReads/Amazon.com/etc.
I will go through this Linky periodically and add links to the proper pages. This creates a streamlined browsing experience for those of you looking for reviews. Links will be entered into the database in the order they were entered into the Linky.
Format for entering links: Author’s Last Name, First Name – Book Title (Your Name)
Ex: Daswani, Kavita – The Village Bride of Beverly Hills (S. Krishna)
Guidelines for linking reviews to the South Asian Review Database:
1) Please be sure the author is South Asian and/or the book is about South Asia(ns). For these purposes, South Asia consists of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives and Bhutan.
2) Please link to your review on the main page. I will go through and enter it into the database.
3) Please follow the format guidelines when you link: Author last name, first name – Title (Your Name). Ex: Rushdie, Salman – Midnight’s Children (S. Krishna).
4) You do not need to be a participant in the South Asian Challenge to be eligible to link your reviews.
5) Please feel free to link backlist reviews. I want this database to be as comprehensive as possible.
6) Please don’t link others’ reviews without their permission. If you have their permission, however, feel free to include the links!
65 comments:
This is great! I finally got around to posting a few reviews from last year: Midnight's Children, The Third Jesus, and The Inheritance of Loss.
Just wanted to know have I missed linking to the 2011 South Asian challenge?
Mystica - I think you found it, but if not here is a link to the SA Challenge's landing page: www.skrishnasbooks.com/2010/06/south-asian-challenge.html
Are any of these south asian (Indian/Pakistani)books on Kindle? Also are they "lendable" ...that would be a great feature to highlight ...your blog is a great resource!
Hi, by mistake I linked one of my reviews in wrong format, the first time. Please ignore it.
Hi Swapna,
I finally posted my first review in the series and so many to come.
Thank you for this wonderful initiative.
Vivek
Here is another one linked today: Where the Dog Star Never Glows. I loved this collection of short stories. Transported me in different planes of emotions.
We've joined in January and its only now we got to review a book for the challenge. I'm glad to have joined this challenge. I enjoyed my first taste of South Asian Literature.
-Mary
Swapna, I linked to an older review that I did. Hope that's OK.
Kay - YES! That's fine! New reviews, old reviews, anything you have to link up is great.
Here is my next book for the 2011 challenge! Though belated :)
Review no. 4 for the challenge. This is so much fun :)
Whoops, I forgot to claim link #31! I'll re-enter.
Linked another one...A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
I think I have linked it wrong. I did not know whether I should do it here on the m