
Editor's Note
Hope your finest garba garb is ready. Navratri is just around the corner as you can see from our coverage on page 1. After the festival of nine nights comes the 26th annual daylong India Festival on Oct. 26 in Tampa. And as Diwali nears on Nov. 2, some Florida communities are celebrating the Festival of Lights in late October. This month, we review the cookbook “The Ingredients Matter: India.” We sat down with one of the Tampa Bay area authors, Urmi M. Patel.
Also returning are our Under the Cover book reviews of “Stories from My Heart” by Dr. Ravindra Nathan, “Are you Indian?” by Sanjit Singh, “The Bhagavad Gita” by Gavin Flood and Charles Martin and “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” by Mohsin Hamid.
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