{"id":16759,"date":"2023-09-03T17:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=16759"},"modified":"2023-09-03T17:03:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:03:54","slug":"arjun-bedi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/arjun-bedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Arjun Bedi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Arjun Bedi is a second generation Indian-Canadian born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/09\/Blood-of-Five-Rivers-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16761 lazyload\" width=\"136\" height=\"214\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/09\/Blood-of-Five-Rivers-book-cover.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/09\/Blood-of-Five-Rivers-book-cover-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/09\/Blood-of-Five-Rivers-book-cover-96x150.jpg 96w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 136px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 136\/214;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Blood of Five Rivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Windsor, ON: Palimpsest Press, 2023.<br>Forthcoming mid-October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaka, born and raised in a small, rural farming village in the Indian province of Punjab, seizes a unique opportunity to leave India, and to seek his fortunes abroad. He is soon catapulted into a journey in which he becomes an unwitting witness to some of the most significant historical events in the latter half of the 20th century. Kaka\u2019s second-born and second-generation son, Nanak, charts his father\u2019s trajectory through the Middle East, Europe, and finally to North America where he ultimately settles in the place of Nanak\u2019s birth\u2014Canada. An intergenerational tale of fathers and sons, migration and integration, and the lasting impacts of legacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/palimpsestpress.ca\/\">Palimpsest Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arjun Bedi is a second generation Indian-Canadian born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. Fiction The Blood of Five Rivers Windsor, ON: Palimpsest Press, 2023.Forthcoming mid-October 2023 Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website) Kaka, born and raised in a small, rural farming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/arjun-bedi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16762,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16759\/revisions\/16762"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}