Houston Honors Bapsi
Sidhwa
Mayor
Bill White of the city of Houston and Houston City Council
recognized eminent Pakistani writer Bapsi Sidhwa on her remarkable
literary achievement by declaring July 26 as Bapsi Sidhwa
Day. A proclamation issued on the occasion said:
Houston is a city of rich cultural
diversity, and the many ethnic groups that share their heritage
with Houstonians enhance the quality of our lives. Houston
has been enriched by the presence and contributions of its
residents of Pakistani ancestry, and is especially proud to
be recipient of their many significant contributions to the
cultural, civic, economic and spiritual life of our city.
Distinguished international writer has published four novels:
An American Brat, Cracking India, The Bride and The Crow Eaters,
and she has been translated into several European and Asian
languages. She was born in Karachi, brought up in Lahore and
she now lives in Houston, Texas
Among her many honors Sidhwa received the Bunting Fellowship
at Radcliffe/Harvard, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's
Award, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest national honor
in the arts, and the LiBeraturepreis in Germany. She has also
been inducted into the Zoroastrian Hall of Fame.
The city of Houston congratulates and commends Bapsi Sidhwa
on this important occasion and extends best wishes for continued
success.
Therefore, I, Bill White, Mayor of the city of Houston, hereby
proclaim July 26, 2005, as Bapsi Sidhwa Day in HoustonTexas.
In a message to Pakistan Link. Bapsi Sidhwa said:
“I am grateful to the City of Houston for honoring me.
I am also very humbled.
”I love Houston for its energy [I don't mean only just
gas], and a generosity of spirit that makes things happen.
The Houstonians are laid-back and friendly and I like its
climate. After Lahore and Delhi it feels like a hill-resort.
Houston has almost 2 lac deshis -- that says a lot for the
city: you can trust us to know a good thing when we see it.”
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