San Francisco author Shruti Swamy reads from her new book, "The Archer." It follows protagonist Vidya as she comes to a sense of self through the pursuit of kathak, a classical Indian dance, all the while grappling with the trauma of her earlier life, and finding a way forward.
Shruti Swamy sets coming-of-age novel in 1960s and 70s Bombay and a world of dance
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