Text to Go: Ishwari's Children by Shabnam Nadiya
Nadiya is a writer and translator from Bangladesh, whose story, Ishwari's Children"explores the culture and social practices of a rural Bangladeshi village. The protagonist is a 6 year-old boy who journeys with his grandfather to visit a group of isolated, vulnerable people. The complexities of power, privilege and societal status are explored in this story, and done so with vivid imagery and delicious descriptions....