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Veena Gokhale, an immigrant shape shifter, started her career as a journalist in Bombay. This "tough, tantalizing" city inspired Bombay Wali and other stories (Guernica Editions, 2013).

Veena first came to Canada on a journalism fellowship, returning to do a Masters. After immigrating, she worked for non-profits. Her novel, Land for Fatimah (Guernica, 2018), is partly inspired by the two years she spent working in Tanzania.

Her third work of fiction, Annapurna's Bounty, Indian Food Legends Retold, is forthcoming from Dundurn Press in June 2025. Described as "ingeniously designed as a banquet for the body and the mind." each food legend, recast for contemporary times, is followed by a recipe that a character offers to the reader.

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This article first appeared in Rover, an independent review of arts and culture on 25.04.2013 and subsequently on mybindi, an online magazine of South Asian arts, entertainment and lifestyle.

Publishing a book is like having a baby. We’ve all heard that one, right? Do you recall where? I don’t. It’s an omniscient statement like don’t get wet in the rain, you’ll catch a chill. Or, do

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	Bombay Wali & Other Stories (5) (First Fictions Series) 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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