{"id":343,"date":"2012-06-15T14:44:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/jasmine-anita-yvette-dcosta\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:50:30","slug":"dcosta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/dcosta\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Anita Yvette D’Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jasmine D’Costa is a native of Bombay (Mumbai), India. She completed a Ph.D. and worked in India for twenty-five years as an international banker before moving to Canada in 2004 and settling in Toronto, Ontario. She is currently the president of the Writers and Editors Network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Fiction (Short stories)<\/h3>\n

Curry is Thicker Than Water<\/h3>\n

Toronto: BookLand Press, 2009.<\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (from it’s website)<\/h4>\n

A cobra flies in through an open window. Wives form a pact against their bigamous, abusive husband. A mother and son battle over eagles’ eggs. A homeless guest with a secret. An elephant protests on a highway. A woman marries a pumpkin. This is the teeming, hectic world of India. Diverse people \u2013 one country!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Selected Criticism and Interpretation<\/h3>\n

Spencer, Kate. “A Bit of Colour, Some Spices, and a Whole lot of Love.” Ryerson Free Press. March 2009, p. 22.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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