 | Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $0.01 Pulitzer Award Winning Short Story Collection, perfect for anyone but Desi's will sure be able to relate.
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 | The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $0.01 An Essential to read if you are an ABCD
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $0.01 A Very Touching Story, One of those books that you need to read at least once in your lifetime, stays with you forever
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 | Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran by Afschineh Latifi
Buy used from: $0.07 An amazing story of hope and how essential family really is.
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 | Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 A difficult read, but very much worth it. fiction has the power to save us. would reccommend having knowledge of Iran (Islamic Revolution) and know the literature discussed. check webpage for mor info
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 | Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01 HAH this is hilarious..any desi girl will be able to relate. As one reviewer said, "A Great Slice of Youthful Cultural Confusion."- D. Movahedpour "doeadear"
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 | Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Buy used from: $0.01 Okayy for all the Bharata Natyam Dancers out there, (like myself) this is a great book for us and any other dancer for that matter.
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 | Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01 A Beautiful Novel about an immigrant family from Bangladesh: "Cultural Clash"
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 | Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Another book that I read a while back, but it was very moving
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 | Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Readers Circle) by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.63 I read this a while back, and can't remember exact specifics except that at the time that I read it, I really enjoyed it
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 | Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Buy new: $9.81 / Used from: $1.57 Sister novel to Shabanu, great as well
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 | My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.91 Another difficult read, would reccomend having knowledge of Turkey, the Ottomans, Miniaturists, Art History....A very interesting style of writing, you feel accomplished when you finish it
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 | Bend It Like Beckham (Full Screen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.35 Modern Classic ABCD movie, any desi can relate
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 | Osama
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.20 Another Must See Movie which will stay with you forever
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 | Children of Heaven
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.72 A Must See Movie, one of my favorites..sweet and simple, an unforgettable Iranian film
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 | Garden State
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.99 I realize it doesn't have anything to do with being Desi, but this is an amazing movie for anyone confused with what life is supposed to be in the world today..one of my favorite movies
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 | Devdas (3 Disc Collector's Edition) (2002)
okayy i might be getting a little off track here, but for any ABCD who has yet to find a favorite bollywood movie, here's where to start
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 | Devdas
Buy used from: $98.32 I have heard that the old version, 1955, is even better than the updated one (Devdas)
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