The 2023 South Asian Literature and Arts Festival (SALA) by Art Forum SF drew fans of literature and style. Here’s a peek at the women, and one man, and fashions that showed up at SALA at Menlo College in Atherton, Calif. on Oct. 7, 2023.

Pallavi Sharma and Deepa Shah. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Kalpana Mohan and Sandhya Balakrishnan. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Shraddha Mehta. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Soniah Kamal. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Monica Korde. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Madhu Rao. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Richa Dubey and Arti Verma. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Anusha Rao. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sabira Alloo and daughter Naya, 8. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sonia Patwardhan. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
The South Asian Literature and Arts Festival at Menlo College in Atherton, Calif. on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Ritu Marwah. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Priyanka Rana. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Shraddha Santhosh. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Anagha Mishra. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Anjali Jhangiani. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Neerja Dave. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sumant Pal. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Ranjita Chakravarty. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Jaya Chand. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Namita Vakil. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local

Sree Sripathy joined India Currents as a staff photographer and CatchLight Local Fellow as part of CatchLight's California Local Visual Desk program in June 2022. Reach out with story ideas or comments...