The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla

Faced with the potential of losing faith in Rahul, divine intervention, and family, she is forced to confront painful truths about the past and the duality in God and husband. At the center of the novel is Pooja Kapoor, a betrayed wife and mother who is forced to question her faith and marriage when she discovers her banker husband, Rahul, has fallen in love with a young, male Muslim illegal immigrant who happens to be their son's age. GHALIB SHIRAZ DHALLA is a a Los Angeles-based writer and filmmaker whose work has been honored at MIT, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and the Yale Master's Tea. In the tradition of A Fine Balance and The Namesake, The Two Krishnas is a sensual and searing look at infidelity and the nature of desire and faith. Faced with the potential of losing faith in Rahul, divine intervention, and family, she is forced to confront. At the center of the novel is Pooja Kapoor, a betrayed wife and mother who is forced to question her faith and marriage when she discovers her banker husband, Rahul, has fallen in love with a young, male Muslim illegal immigrant who happens to be their son's age. This is a fight we’ll win.In the tradition of A Fine Balance and The Namesake, The Two Krishnas is a sensual and searing look at infidelity and the nature of desire and faith. and second, if malnourishment in one generation primes the next two for protective. To write anything with a queer Asian identity is an assertion-in this long-term battle to gain community and safety and acceptance-that we will remain unafraid, even in difficult times. by Shyam Selvadurai The Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla. These books represent the space each voice had to forge within their own cultural histories and normative society. With the existence of queer Asian American narratives, we are visible. Creating and sustaining pro-queer rights in and out of the home. There are no simple answers to understanding the self, but there are definitive actions that help the process and give greater access to these dialogues: Having the openness to listen. In a moment where the Supreme Court issued that it would oversee three court cases on LGBTQ+ protections, these questions seem more and more pertinent. How do we exist? How do we generate love? It’s a liminal space between celebration and danger inside, we question the multiplicity of our consciousness.

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The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla