When I come to India, I feel comfortable. I feel much happy: Sohaila Abdulali

Despite spending more than a decade in New York, writer of Indian origin Sohaila Abdulali still prefers to call her village in Karjat her home. And she comes visiting quite often to introduce her half-Indian, half-American daughter to nature’s bounty far away from the madding crowd.

On her current trip to India to promote her new book Year of the Tiger, Sohaila says, “When I come to India, I feel comfortable. I feel
much happy.” For an author who did several odd jobs to support her fledgling writing career, Sohaila has come a long way. While NY still remains a “big city and  allows you to be selfish. In Mumbai, however, you have so much of responsibility and the sense of community,” she says.

In Year of the Tiger Sohaila puts a mirror to human relationships, especially that between siblings.