Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times
Published: 05 Apr 2021 12:38 AM BdST
Updated: 05 Apr 2021 12:38 AM BdST Sanjena Sathian, the author of “Gold Diggers, at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, March 19, 2021. Sathian’s genre-bending debut novel about coming of age in Atlanta s South Asian community has already landed a TV deal with Mindy Kaling, but success is something both she and her characters grapple with. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times).
At a sleepover in sixth grade, when she admitted that she hadn’t seen the movie “Grease,” Sanjena Sathian remembers being asked if she was even American. );
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“I instinctively said, ‘No, I’m not,’ even though I was born here,” Sathian, now 29, said in a video interview from her home in Atlanta. That was typical for much of her life where she, like many South Asian Americans, was made to feel differently.
Indian American writer Sanjana Sathian is beaming with joy and excitement as her upcoming novel has already been optioned for TV.
And her novel, âGold Diggers,â is being adapted for television by none other than Indian American actor/writer/producer Mindy Kaling. It will be developed under Kalingâs banner, Kaling International.
âErm. pinch me!? So excited to announce that I get to work with @mindykalingâs Kaling International on bringing my book to screen! Nothing else witty to say just dizzy with gratitude that GOLD DIGGERS found its way to a team that believes in it!â Sathian tweeted.
âGold Diggersâ will be in stores April 6.
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