Seven of swords / Fatimah Asghar -- We dine with our dead / Kanwalroop Kaur Singh -- When Durga Devi weeps / Rajani LaRocca -- Simar, Aaron, and the big Punjabi wedding / Jasmine Kaur -- You can't go home again / Samira Ahmed -- One island / Tanya Boteju -- Big rig blues / Navdeep Singh Dhillon -- Lovesick / Tashie Bhuiyan -- Love the one you're with / Sheba Karim -- Star anise / Anuradha D. Rajurkar -- Kick flips in my stomach / Nikesh Shukla -- No taste like home / Nisha Sharma -- Way it was supposed to be / Veera Hiranandani -- Memories of a mango tree / Sarah Mughal Rana -- Jahaji / Rekha Kuver -- Rakhi & roll / Tanuja Desai Hidier.

"From first crushes to first heartbreaks, complicated family dynamics to community relationships, this powerful collection of stories explores race, class, culture, language, and the very idea of home as both a place and a feeling. Edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra and featuring some of the most acclaimed, bestselling South Asian authors writing for teens today--this is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it means to be South Asian"--Provided by publisher.