{"id":16151,"date":"2023-02-27T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=16151"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:08:04","slug":"prajwala-dixit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/prajwala-dixit\/","title":{"rendered":"Prajwala Dixit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prajwala Dixit is a first-generation Indian-Canadian journalist, playwright and documentary filmmaker based in St. John’s, NL. Although she trained as an engineer, Dixit is a storyteller at heart and is committed to promoting diversity and telling immigrant stories. Dixit also has a base in Bengaluru, India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Juvenile, Folklore)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Tales of Dwipa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Illustrations by Duncan Major.
St. John’s, NL: Breakwater Books, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Through a framework of traditional tales, fantastic creatures struggle with issues of marginalization, opening discussion for parents and children in an accessible form.
The Tales Of Dwipa is a collection of short stories adapted from the Panchatantra, a collection of simple, engaging, and interrelated animal tales penned by Pandit Vishnu Sharma in the hopes of awakening the dim intelligence of a powerful Indian king\u2019s idle sons. The ancient stories of the Panchatantra still find meaning in today\u2019s world despite originating in India before 300 BCE. These stories are set in a Canadian context with topical themes, bringing together two distinct cultures\u2014Indian and Canadian\u2014for the most impressionable minds of our society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anthology (Short story)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hard Ticket: New Writing Made in Newfoundland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PS8255.N6 H37 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dixit, Prajwala. “Ekatra.” In Hard Ticket: New Writing Made in Newfoundland<\/em>, edited by Lisa Moore. St. John’s: Breakwater, 2022, 151-174.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anthology (Short story)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Us, Now: Stories from the Quilted Collective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PS8329.5.N4 U8 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dixit, Prajwala. “Ondu Nenapu.” In Us, Now: Stories from the Quilted Collective<\/em>, edited by Lisa Moore. St. John’s: Breakwater, 2021, 35-52.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publisher Breakwater Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prajwala Dixit journalism in Saltwire<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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