BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The South Asia Center and the Moynihan Institute of Global Affa irs present Nishant Batsha and a Conversation on Mother Ocean Father Natio n\, a riveting\, tender debut novel\, following a brother and sister whose paths diverge-one forced to leave\, one left behind-in the wake of a nati onalist coup in the South Pacific. The conversation will be moderated by C hanelle Benz from SU’s Creative Writing M.F.A. Program.On a small Pacific island\, a brother and sister tune in to a breaking news radio bulletin. I t is 1985\, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists align ed with the recent military coup. Now\, fear and shock are rippling throug h the island's deeply-rooted Indian community as racial tensions rise to t he brink. Bhumi hears this news from her locked-down dorm room in the capi tal city. She is the ambitious\, intellectual standout of the family-the o ne destined for success. But when her friendship with the daughter of a pr ominent government official becomes a liability\, she must flee her unstab le home for California. Jaipal feels like the unnoticed\, unremarkable sib ling\, always left to fend for himself. He is stuck working in the family store\, avoiding their father's wrath\, with nothing but his hidden desire s to distract him. Desperate for money and connection\, he seizes a sudden opportunity to take his life into his own hands for the first time. But h is decision leaves him at the mercy of an increasingly volatile country. S panning from the lush terrain of the South Pacific to the golden hills of San Francisco\, Mother Ocean Father Nation is an entrancing debut about ho w one family\, at the mercy of a nation broken by legacies of power and op pression\, forges a path to find a home once again.Nishant Batsha is the a uthor of the novel Mother Ocean Father Nation (Ecco/Harper Collins)\, a 20 22 NPR Books We Love pick. \; A writer of fiction and histories\, he h olds a doctorate in history from Columbia University. \; His academic research focuses on Indian indentured labor in Trinidad and Fiji. \; H is writing has received support through a Soros Fellowship for New America ns. \; He works as a Digital Engineer and Communications Manager for W ords Without Borders and lives in Buffalo\, New York. DTEND:20221011T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T110302Z DTSTART:20221011T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:A Conversation on Mother Ocean Father Nation with Nishant Batsha UID:RFCALITEM639140797822134353 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The South Asia Center and the Moynihan Inst itute of Global Affairs present Nishant Batsha and a Conversation on Mothe r Ocean Father Nation\, a riveting\, tender debut novel\, following a brot her and sister whose paths diverge-one forced to leave\, one left behind-i n the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific. The conversation wi ll be moderated by Chanelle Benz from SU’s Creative Writing M.F.A. Program .

On a small Pacific island\, a brother and sister tune in to a brea king news radio bulletin. It is 1985\, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military coup. Now\, fear an d shock are rippling through the island's deeply-rooted Indian community a s racial tensions rise to the brink. Bhumi hears this news from her locked -down dorm room in the capital city. She is the ambitious\, intellectual s tandout of the family-the one destined for success. But when her friendshi p with the daughter of a prominent government official becomes a liability \, she must flee her unstable home for California. Jaipal feels like the u nnoticed\, unremarkable sibling\, always left to fend for himself. He is s tuck working in the family store\, avoiding their father's wrath\, with no thing but his hidden desires to distract him. Desperate for money and conn ection\, he seizes a sudden opportunity to take his life into his own hand s for the first time. But his decision leaves him at the mercy of an incre asingly volatile country. Spanning from the lush terrain of the South Paci fic to the golden hills of San Francisco\, Mother Ocean Father Nation is a n entrancing debut about how one family\, at the mercy of a nation broken by legacies of power and oppression\, forges a path to find a home once ag ain.

Nishant Batsha is the author of the novel Mother Ocean Father N ation (Ecco/Harper Collins)\, a 2022 NPR Books We Love pick. \; A writ er of fiction and histories\, he holds a doctorate in history from Columbi a University. \; His academic research focuses on Indian indentured la bor in Trinidad and Fiji. \; His writing has received support through a Soros Fellowship for New Americans. \; He works as a Digital Enginee r and Communications Manager for Words Without Borders and lives in Buffal o\, New York.

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