"The 20 tales and nine poems in this anthology give the reader a fascinating insight into the oral literature and rich culture of Bengal, the region now comprising of West Bengal in India, and Bangladesh."
"In the 1960s, Shamita Das Dasgupta moved from India to the United States with her husband. They settled in the Midwest, feeling culturally stranded and pressured on all sides to cut loose ties to their mother country while taking on the customs of their adopted land. In A Patchwork Shawl, Dasgupta works to make sense of the divide she and her children straddle, as do other essay writers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan. ..."
"Daksha knew that just one surrogate birth will not give her enough money, but
she echoed Divya's instructions: I will use the money to educate my children and
repair my house. I knowI won't have anything left for later but I don't want to do it (
surrogacy) again. Matron Madam is right. God has been generous this time. He
has given me the biggest gift—the opportunity to help my family. I don't want to be
greedy and try for the secon ..."
Body Evidence Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America by Shamita Das Dasgupta, Sharmila Rudrappa Digital, 319 Pages, Published 2007 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4127-3, ISBN: 0-8135-4127-1
"Anu was physically and sexually abused in the United States for several years.
Her husband is an ... Once when they were in India, Anu had reported him to the
police after a particularly violent night. Later that afternoon, her ... According to
Soniya Munshi, director of Manavi, the actual numbers might be even higher,
because some women are on the verge of losing or have already lost their H-
status, and many clients' immigratio ..."