SALA luminaries play to sell-out audiences

Art Forum SF’s annual South Asian Literature and Arts Festival (SALA) was held at Menlo College in Atherton, Calif. on Oct. 7-8, 2023. Here is a look at some images from Oct. 7, 2023.

Author Vikram Chandra at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Author Shoba Tharoor Srinivasan at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Poet and art critic Ranjit Hoskote at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
People try to squeeze into the auditorium to hear Dr. Abraham Verghese speak at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Opera singer Melissa Sondhi performs a piece from the opera ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Dr. Sanchita Saxena (right) interviews Konkona Sen Sharma at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Art historian Shivi Legha sits next to her son Nirbhay Pratap at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Actress Ranjita Chakravarty stumbles upon a poster featuring Never Have I Ever’ cast members at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Bay Area actress and director Sindhu Singh at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Konkona Sen Sharma at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
People line up to see actress Konkona Sen Sharma at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
People leave the Menlo College auditorium and make their way to the lawn to hear actress Konkona Sen Sharma speak at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. The location for Ms. Sen Sharma’s interview changed due to the size of the crowd. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Konkona Sen Sharma and Dr. Sanchita Saxena at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Writer Ritu Marwah (right) with her son at SALA on Oct. 7 2023. 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...