Skunk Girl and Other Tales

Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim is a young adult novel that deals with the problems of a Pakistani Muslim girl who finds it hard to balance two cultures but manages with spunk and a little humour. Karim, who's Pakistani-American, will talk about the experience of Muslim and South Asian girls caught between two different cultures. She will also read an excerpt from her upcoming novel, The Serpent Queen, a historical fiction work chronicling the life of India's first female ruler, Razia Sultan.

Skunk Girl and Other Tales, April 30, ML Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. For more information, visit delhi.afindia.org