Growing Up Indian in Australia

<h3><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Vibrant moving and diverse stories of shape-shifting between cultures.</span></h3><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>To be Indian growing up in Australia is to tread the narrow line between here and there to constantly code-switch and navigate between filling the needs and aspirations of your family your community - and yourself</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.'</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richness of diversity of the Indian subcontinent it is fitting that its diaspora is similarly varied.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Growing Up Indian in Australia</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> reflects and celebrates this vibrant diversity. It features contributions from Australian-Indian writers both established and emerging who hail from a wide range of backgrounds religions and experiences. This colourful energetic anthology offers reflections on identity culture family food and expectations ultimately revealing deep truths about both Australian and Indian life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Contributors include Sunil Badami Swagata Bapat Kavita Bedford Elana BenjaminTejas Bhat Nicholas Brown Michelle Cahill Tasneem Chopra Shaheen De Souza Hughes Hardeep Dhanoa Rakhee Ghelani Kavita Ivy Nandan Rachael Jacobs Jessica Joseph Joseph Jude Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa Meenal Khare Sneha Lees Daizy Maan Preeti Maharaj Kishor Napier-Raman Zoya Patel and Ikebal Patel Mia Pandey Gordon Natasha Pinto Shamna Sanam Priya SaratChandran Shreya Tekumalla and Sharon Verghis.</span></p>