Born and raised in the usa, tanuja is a writersingersongwriter now based in london. Tanuja s bestselling and critically acclaimed first novel born confused gave voice to a new multicultural generation. She is best known for her 2002 young adult novel born confused, and its. Bombay blues, my sequel to born confused, out this august, moves into this space.
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