Delhi Noir

Delhi Noir: Indian Authors Reveal the City as Fertile Ground for Tales of Darkness and Despair Akashic Books' city-based Noir Series, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir, wins new awards every year and has grown to include urban locales across the globe. Each literary anthology features stories set in distinct neighborhoods within the respective city. Meet the editor of Delhi Noir and two fellow contributors and get a taste of this delectable literature that doesn't shy away from the city's uncomfortable underside. Date & Time: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 7:00pm Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions Code: T-LH5LT13-01 Price: $25.00

Brief Biography
Hirsh Sawhney (editor and contributor) has written for the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Time Out New York and Outlook Traveller.

Meera Nair is the author of Video: Stories, which won the Asian American Literary Award in 2003; her work has been featured in the New York Times and NPR.

Mohan Sikka's short story Uncle Musto Takes a Mistress was published in One Story and won an O. Henry Award.