{"id":344,"date":"2012-06-15T14:44:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/nitin-deckha\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:38:30","slug":"deckha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/deckha\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitin Deckha"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>Nityanand (Nitin) Deckha was born in London, England but raised in Toronto, Ontario. He earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Rice University, Houston, in 2000. His dissertation dealt with the historic preservation, community development and the emergent cultural quarter in inner city London. Deckha teaches at the University of Guelph-Humber, and at McMaster University. He was a contributor to <em>Desi Life<\/em>, a bi-monthly magazine formerly published by the <em>Toronto Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9738 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/The-Real-Estate-of-Things-A-Novel-ebook-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/The-Real-Estate-of-Things-A-Novel-ebook-cover.jpg 218w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/The-Real-Estate-of-Things-A-Novel-ebook-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 218px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 218\/218;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Fiction<\/h3>\n<h3>The Real Estate of Things: A Novel<\/h3>\n<p>kindle ebook, 2015.<\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis<\/h4>\n<p>The Real Estate of Things is a comedic story about real estate, spirituality and politics in the sprawling, multicultural suburb of West York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991008029429708636\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/shopping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 115px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 115\/115;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Fiction (Short stories)<\/h3>\n<h3>Shopping for Sabzi: Stories<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto: TSAR, 2008.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991008029429708636\">PS8607.E389 S53 2008 <\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis<\/h4>\n<p>Brash, young, and restless&#8211; Poignant and humorous, these stories describe the anxieties of ambitious young South Asians as they hustle for status, love, careers, and personal fulfillment in a new world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Selected Criticism and Interpretation<\/h3>\n<p>Chilana, Rajwant Singh. &#8220;Nitin Deckha.&#8221; In <em>South Asian Writers in Canada: A Bio-Bibliographical Study<\/em>. Surrey, BC: Asian Publications, 2017, 236.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991008386229708636\">Z1376 .S68 C45 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mawenzihouse.com\/\">Mawenzi House<\/a>, formerly TSAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nityanand (Nitin) Deckha was born in London, England but raised in Toronto, Ontario. He earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Rice University, Houston, in 2000. 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