Bapsi Sidhwa is an internationally acclaimed author residing in Houston, Texas. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in the pre-partition area, and has many vivid memories of the troubled period before, during, and after the partition—memories that often served as inspiration for her novels. She married once in Bombay, India, after attending Kinnaid College, and had two children in her first marriage. She was divorced and later married her current husband, with whom she now lives in Houston. The couple moved to the United States and moved to a few places, including Charleston and Atlanta, before eventually settling in Houston. Mrs. Sidhwa began her writing career in Pakistan, and continues to write even in retirement (she taught at several universities in the United States). She is known for collaborating with Indian director Deepa Mehta, who directed a film adaptation of Mrs. Sidhwa’s novel, Cracking India. Mrs. Sidhwa is a practicing Zoroastrian, and does quite a bit of volunteer work in various Houston organizations.
Articles, Interviews, and Critical Texts Interviews Articles Critical Texts Interviews Interview with Daily Times: Pride of Pakistan: Bapsi Sidhwa Interview with Bill Olive of Houston Chronicle about the play American Brat Q&A with Francesco Mannoni about Water Q&A With Bapsi LiteNYC interview with Muneeza Shamsie Interview with Ahmed. Sidhwa's novel Cracking India is on of the finest responses made to the horror of the division of the subcontinent. Salman Rushdie - The New Yorker Sidhwa tempers Lenny’s hyper-awareness by capturing the whole range of her fears and joys as her innocence becomes another casualty of the violence among Moslems, Sikhs and Hindus.