Regina Brett interviewed former BJ reporter Thrity Umrigar in Regina’s
podcast, Little Detours.
For 35 minutes Thrity tells how her love of books led her from her
native India to America.
She grew in upper-middle class in India, but observed the
overwhelming poverty there.
The disparity then is the same as the disparity in America today,
only in America it is “race” rather than “class.”
Thrity’s immense love for her businessman father comes through
louder than a rock band concert.
Papa loved roaming around in Home Depot and
always bought three Kit-Kats, one candy bar for each of the two children and the third he
handed to the cashier.
It is a journey through Thrity’s mind and soul.
Both Brett and Thrity worked together at the Lorain Journal and the
BJ.
Thrity has written 11 novels, many set in her native India. Till it
became considered too sexist I called her The Babe From Bombay, mostly because
it was a B-B shot and not in a sexist mindset at all but I decided the world no longer would see it that way so I stopped that tribute to Thrity.
Thrity oozes a tribute to author Toni Morrison for inspiring Thrity's journey into novels.
The only thing that disturbed me is that Thrity no longer drinks
Pepsi, the drink that speaks to my spirit and body EVERY day!
I am a proud Pepsiholic!
To listen to Thrity and Reginia, click on the blue
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