From the Ganges to the Snake River

From the Ganges to the Snake River, an East Indian in the American West is a collection of creative non-fiction stories that reflect on the immigrant experience and a culture left behind. Debu Majumdar gives a tender account of the difficulties, discoveries, and delights of being a stranger in a strange land. These stories interweave Asian Indian culture with North American reality, shuttling between past and present, myth, and careful observation of everyday life.

A native of India and a Ph...