Working on a New Book

Things have been quiet in this corner of the Internet, but I wanted to let you all know that my life is going at a frantic pace and I have lots of projects going on!

The most exciting is that I'm still working on the novel that I described a while back. It will be a new take on the Indian-American experience novel. In mine, the young Indian-American woman having an identity crisis discovers that her family is not actually Indian at all.

It's still in early stages as I try to work out plot kinks, but hopefully by the end of 2012 it will be published and I will be sure to let you know when it's available! :)

An Honor

As you may know, I am a big fan of Hinduism Today, the magazine. 

I just found out that this blog has been mentioned in the latest issue's Digital Dharma section! I am so thrilled and flattered.

Here is the link: http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5228

Bamboo Thoughts is also mentioned!  

Totally cool. That made my day.

Happy Diwali!

दीपावली की शुभकामनाएं


Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday :)

My Hindi Resources

I made a new page to house all my Hindi learning resources.  I hope it will be easier to navigate and more fun than just my long list of links buried in the archive!

http://www.squidoo.com/hindi-how-i-learned

My Parents' Guru

I was startled to find out that my parents' guru, Sri Bharati Tirtha, is being featured in Hinduism Today as Hindu of the Year! This is the man that we went to India to see. We spent a week at his ashram and went to see him two to three times a day (well, my parents did. I went once a day, occasionally two).

It's here! The book is here!

It is available both in print and in Kindle

In Print $14.99
In Print at Amazon $14.99
Kindle $3.99

Eventually it will be on all ebook formats. It is over 400 pages long! So, that's a lot of material that's probably much easier to read in book format than digging through this website.

It would be so awesome if all the regulars here would head over to Amazon and write some reviews! :D There is also a Facebook fan page! And, you know, tell all your friends!

The blog itself will no longer be active. I may, perhaps, occasionally post something that catches my attention, but for the most part I will stop posting. I have come to a point where I have said what I wanted to say, I have engaged and discussed with you all, and arrived happily at a place where I am content with my religion, no longer feeling any need to prove myself to anyone.

I believe the book will be valuable for others who are following a similar path to mine. If you are newly arrived here, all the information is in the archives, but the book packages it together in an easier to manage format.

For all my wonderful friends here, thank you! Thank you for your support and kindness and engagement with this subject.

I love you.

Ambaa

Book Imminent

I have been busy, busy, busy preparing to turn this blog into a book. There's a lot of formatting and referencing and such to do. It should be done very soon, so stay tuned! :D

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