Simrita Dhir

Simrita Dhir is a California-based academic and novelist. She has a Ph.D. in American Literature from the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She lectures on Writing, Diversity, and Imagination. Her critically acclaimed novel The Rainbow Acres captures the strife, struggle, and fantastic success of the pioneer Punjabi farmers who set sail for California in the early 20th century in quest of land and identity