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Shyam K. SriramAbout Shyam K. Sriram Shyam K. Sriram teaches political science at Georgia Perimeter College in Clarkston, GA. He is an alumnus of Purdue University and Georgia State University and hopes to start a graduate certificate soon from University of Massachusetts - Lowell. He is passionate about mental health issues, domestic violence prevention and encouraging community service among students. When he’s not listening to “This American Life” on NPR, he is probably grading papers or hanging out at the mosque. His favorite books are English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee and Mila 18 and Battle Cry by Leon Uris. Check out his blog: “American Muslim”. Features
Whitewashed: America’s Invisible Middle Eastern IdentityAs the Middle Eastern American community has been perceived to be less Christian and more Muslim since 9/11, so too is the assumption that they are unable to assimilate because of religious differences. [2 April 2009] Reviews
Beijing Coma by Ma JianThis book should be essential reading to students in Iran and across the world who need a manual on student activism. [23 October 2009] 
Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad ZamaIf writers want to ameliorate the public perception of India held by the vast majority of the planet, they should write realistic fiction and not continue to perpetuate either the notion of the Temple of Doom dystopia or the Jewel in the Crown utopia. [8 October 2009] 
American Political Thought, eds. Isaac Kramnick and Theodore J. LowiA substantial contribution to the field, but it does not sit well with our goals as educators because of what it lacks: a truly representative manifest of the American experience. [6 October 2009] 
India’s Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings and Other Heroes by Karline McLainIf Amar Chitra Katha provided a platform for Indian historical revisionism and religious nationalism, then the effects are even more pejorative when we see how comics have accompanied the Indian Diaspora. [28 August 2009] 
Leaving India by Minal Hajratwala“Each time we move, we must leave something of ourselves behind; perhaps then the map of a Diaspora consists, like a constellation, mainly of gaps.” [25 June 2009] 
Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker“History does not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes.” [5 June 2009] 
Wicked Plants by Amy StewartStewart deftly blends botany, politics, and history into a very appealing format while warning of 'botanical atrocities'. [20 May 2009] 
Redemption Song by Niall StanagePresident Obama, whose great-great-great-grandfather was Falmouth Kearney, had the luck of the Irish -- and a lot of it. [11 May 2009] 
Hunting Eichmann by Neal BascombAlthough Eichmann and the “banality” of his evil, as Hannah Arendt referred to it, may never be displaced from the human psyche, we should turn to commemorating the men who brought him to justice. [16 April 2009] 
In Cod We Trust & Magic BusWhere else in the world can one find a town called Hell, a German U-Boat-turned-bowling alley, and Vinmonopolet, government-run wine and liquor stores? [3 April 2009] 
Playing with the Grown-ups by Sophie DahlAlthough she has true literary talent in her DNA, Sophie Dahl should probably not be compared to her grandfather, Roald Dahl. [3 March 2009] 
President Obama: Election 2008, the Poynter InstituteIt's ironic that on the morning of 5 November 2008, Americans and most global citizens scrambled for a commemorative token that most consider obsolete: a newspaper. [26 February 2009] 
Joe the Plumber by Samuel Wurzelbacher & Thomas TabbackThe most sensationalist work of non-fiction since ‘Let’s Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage’ and ‘If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer’. [16 February 2009] 
Skins & Punks by Gavin WatsonThere’s a sense of probity that accompanies the photo taken in 1989 after Watson and his friends take ecstasy and go to their first rave. [18 January 2009] 
Radio Silence by Nathan Nedorostek & Anthony PappalardoThis is the hardcore equivalent of George Marshall’s The Spirit of ’69: The Skinhead Bible. [9 January 2009] 
Fireproof by Raj Kamal JhaThere are so many gimmicks and ideas stolen from other novelists and directors, the novel reeks of popular culture legerdemain. [3 December 2008] 
AIDS Sutra ed. by Negar AkhaviThe deepest and darkest secrets in India are those that even people who have lived there don’t talk about. To do so would admit that something was very, very wrong. [1 December 2008] 
Reading the OED by Ammon SheaFrom suffering splitting headaches to experiencing a sudden episode of hysterical blindness, where everything turns gray for a few hours, Shea experiences every possible emotion and heath concern while “eating the alphabet”. [26 November 2008] 
Love Marriage by V. V. GaneshananthanAt the intersection of works on nationalism, cultural identity, and Sri Lankan history, stands this humble book -- part family history, part war memoir. [6 November 2008] |
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