half the time, the phones didn't work because of flooding in calcutta. there were no mobile phones.the face of your parents. my father wrote to me. i always kept one letter unopened, so that when things got really tough, i would open that letter. that is the level of loneliness. and for all of us who've been through that, it's kind of, you know, we just... it's that ugly time in our lives. we've forgotten about the isolation. it was tough. you'd gone with your husband, who had an academic post in the uk. and you've been very candid about how lonely, how isolated, how depressed you felt in this new country, and you suddenly realised that one way to fill that hole in your life was to actually fill it with the cooking and the food, the flavour, the culture of the food from your homeland. yes. 30 years ago, a very different world. we've all forgotten. now, you know, you can skype your dog in delhi, but at that time, you made these phone calls. you were timing it to be exactly three minutes. it was very expensive to fly. you couldn't call home easily. half the time, the phones didn't wor

she was born in calcutta and in new delhi. she came to the united states to pursue a master's degree in creative writing at the university of idaho in 2006. in addition to brown, women have everything she has published several other books, including women who misbehave and fire girl. she is an associate professor of creative at the university of north carolina in wilmington and has taught throughout the world, including in india, italy, colombia and mexico. her research spans creative literary nonfiction, south asian history, literature, indian cinema world religions, folklore and mythology. so thank you both for being here. your books are sobering. they are funny and thoughtful. i would love if you would just kick us off by sharing a passage. you want to go first? can you all me? thank you, sarah. and thank you, barbara. it's such an honor for me to be sharing this platform with you. and thank you all for being here. so i'm going read about the two pages of the first essay from the collection, and this essay is titled becomin

that is called the calcutta. sarasota. from mozambique, near south africa. for some, this is their first time in the city. i've always wanted to come. i feel i know it from all the movies i've seen. and i love it. just love it. i love the hills and looking forward to going on the trolley or the tram. and for others it's a return. we came down here 11 years ago on christmas day to go ice skating whenever my parents moved back here, so it's kind of nice to come back and do it again whenever we have grandchildren to bring as well. the ice skating rink at union square is probably one of the christmas day. while it hardly ever snows in san francisco, so this isn't exactly a norman rockwell image of christmas. but for a lot of the people who are visiting the city right now, it's certainly a picture perfect california christmas. one of the other busiest spots in san francisco is chase center. because of today's matchup between the warriors and the lakers. for some of these fans, just being here on this day is a big deal. it's been a dream since like, forever just t

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