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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/j-juxtaposition-legacy-bharati-mukherjees-jasmine/"></div><p>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/minal-hajratwala/">Minal Hajratwala</a></p>
<p>In 1989, when Bharati Mukherjee&#8217;s <em>Jasmine</em> came out, I was also coming out: a college sophomore already defining myself as a lesbian feminist; an Indian American defining myself as a writer who had never come across an Indian American book.  <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/j-juxtaposition-legacy-bharati-mukherjees-jasmine/#more-3114" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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J is for Juxtaposition: The legacy of Bharati Mukherjee&#8217;s <em>Jasmine</em>

J is for Juxtaposition: The legacy of Bharati Mukherjee&#8217;s Jasmine

Minal Hajratwala is the author of a book of poetry, <em>Bountiful Instructions for Enlightenment</em>, and the nonfiction epic <em>Leaving India: My Family’s Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents. </em>Her website is <a href="http://minalhajratwala.com/">www.minalhajratwala.com.</a>