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Articles by Sheena Kalayil
Fiction: As the Berlin Wall teeters, three friends find themselves entangled in a love triangle
They walk along the path, away from the town. The beach stretches for nine miles, a wide expanse of white sand, edged by the clear blue waters of the Baltic Sea. He grew up by the Indian Ocean with its gigantic waves and churning currents, vast and powerful, fringed by palm trees, yet today the sun here is as gloriously bright, the water is as blue. They walk for at least a mile, absorbing the warm rays. To one side, the path now hugs a wide, flat, grassy area, only two snack bars in sight.
The Wild Wind by Sheena Kalayil
LoveReading View on The Wild Wind This is a tenderly written, fascinating and thoughtful semi-autobiographical novel. We follow Sissy through her life, as she experiences growing up in Zambia, and the impact it has left on her as an adult based in the United States. Sheena Kalayil explains that actual events and locations are placed and located in the novel.
Why novelist Sheena Kalayil does not like being boxed as a BAME writer
Apparently, I am BAME. This places me as a contender for The Guardian’s BAME awards or the Jhalak prize, both aimed at BAME writers like myself. Ah, BAME – this acronym, which means black, asian and minority ethnic, joins many other appellations offered over the decades (not all of them very nice), painstakingly attempts to address the complexities of a multicultural society. But isn’t it, despite its best intentions, rather limiting?
Calling me a BAME author hides more than it reveals
Apparently, I am BAME. This places me as a contender for The Guardian’s BAME awards or the Jhalak prize, both aimed at BAME writers like myself. Ah, BAME – this acronym, which means black, asian and minority ethnic, joins many other appellations offered over the decades (not all of them very nice), painstakingly attempts to address the complexities of a multicultural society. But isn’t it, despite its best intentions, rather limiting?
You may call me a BAME author, but this misleading term hides more than it reveals
Apparently, I am BAME. This places me as a contender for The Guardian’s BAME awards or the Jhalak prize, both aimed at BAME writers like myself. Ah, BAME – this acronym, which means black, asian and minority ethnic, joins many other appellations offered over the decades (not all of them very nice), painstakingly attempts to address the complexities of a multicultural society. But isn’t it, despite its best intentions, rather limiting?
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