between sun & geography: Tears of Mehndi

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to photograph the Tears of Mehndi book launch on the weekend of May 6th, 2012. My cousin, Raminder Sidhu wrote the novel. The book is available at the Chapters closest to you

. It can be ordered online from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com. It's also available in the United Kingdom and in India. To become a fan on facebook, click here. If you missed the book signing at Chapters, fear not there is another one at Black Bond Books in Guildford Mall on May 26th, 2012 @ 1 pm.

A courageous and timely novel, Tears of Mehndi explores the rich, complex and often heartbreaking lives of a tight-knit community in Vancouver’s Little India. Through the perspectives of several women whose lives intertwine over a generation, Raminder Sidhu deftly exposes the shrouded violence within the Indo-Canadian community, a difficult and often dissembled subject. Sidhu’s characters are women caught between two cultures, struggling to understand the traditions they are obliged to follow while still embracing and often welcoming the fundamentally different values of the West.

Also, I was the event photographer. One of the pictures I took was published in the Punjabi Patrika newspaper, which is an East-Indian weekly paper. It's kind of a big deal for me because this is the first time I've ever been published! Not to mention it gets me a ton of new business.