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Kavita Daswani is an Indian-American author. All three of her novels deal with the Indian practice of arranged marriages, and features heroines that refuse to go along with tradition.〔http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/kavita-daswani.html〕 ==Career== She grew up in Hong Kong, starting her career at age 17 as a journalist for South China Morning Post. She moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Her books represent the changes taking place in the diaspora Indian communities, especially regarding institutions such as marriage, the wife's role in families, and increasing opportunities for women. Daswani's combination of humor and culture tension make her books an ''escapist'' read.〔http://thecelebritycafe.com/books/full_review/323.html〕 In her own life, she was once matched with a man in Nashik, India, who it turned out, had been spent two days in jail for having strippers in his bar.〔http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/10inter1.htm〕 After going through much infructious match-making, she was finally married at 36. She has been a fashion correspondent for CNN, CNBC Asia, and Women's Wear Daily,〔Matthew Thornton, "Deals", Publishers Weekly, 2/13/2006, Vol. 253 Issue 7, p10〕 has written for the Los Angeles Times and the International Herald Tribune, among many other publications, and has been the fashion editor for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kavita Daswani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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