Sayantani DasGupta Books in Order

Twenty tales and nine poems introduce Bengal’s oral storytelling traditions, spanning the region now divided between India and Bangladesh. Retold folklore opens a world of demons and human encounters while preserving the cultural imagination carried through generations.

Drawing on notes from her medical training, Sayantani DasGupta recounts becoming a doctor as an Indian American woman. Encounters with patients illuminate the profession's demands, while sexism, bureaucracy, and institutional pressures challenge her early ideals about care.

Women's accounts of illness appear alongside scholarly analysis in this collection edited by Sayantani DasGupta and Marsha Hurst. Poetry, testimony, fiction, and essays connect experiences of diagnosis and treatment with caregiving, identity, sexuality, and advocacy.

This edited collection examines gestational surrogacy in India within an international market for reproductive services. Contributors explore how assisted reproduction crosses economic and geographic boundaries, reshaping ideas about motherhood, labor, and parenthood in a globalized world.

On her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala's parents vanish and a demon attacks their New Jersey home. Two princes arrive with revelations about her origins, drawing her into another dimension where saving her family requires confronting unfamiliar magic.

Called back to the Kingdom Beyond, Kiranmala finds friends endangered by arbitrary laws and a dominating game show. Solving riddles and challenging the Serpent King require her to reconsider alliances and what being a hero actually demands.

Kiranmala returns to New Jersey to rescue Prince Lal from an unlikely captivity. A troubling prophecy, hostile serpents, and flickering reality suggest that attempts to eliminate chaos may be destabilizing the multiverse she hopes to protect.

Young demon Pinki struggles to control her fire-breathing while her family supports resistance against serpent rulers. A prince offers the mastery she craves in exchange for undermining that resistance, forcing her to examine her priorities and loyalties.

Pinki reluctantly returns to leadership as persecution of demons continues in the Kingdom Beyond. Opposition to a corrupt government brings further riddles, serpents, and difficult responsibilities, testing the courage of someone who never sought to lead a resistance.

Competitive speech student Leela Bose clashes with Firoze Darcy, a debater from an elite private school. Their encounters on the tournament circuit challenge her initial judgments, turning a determination to defeat him into a more complicated rivalry.

Practical Eila Das attends a summer camp where actors are being recruited for a television romance series. Meeting Rahul brings unexpected feelings into the camp's drama, challenging her habit of trusting reason over the demands of her heart.

Twins Kiya and Kinjal follow flying horses into the Sky Kingdom after their dog vanishes. Investigating disappearing bees threatens to uncover a larger conspiracy, and saving the horses’ food supply requires both scientific reasoning and a love of stories.

Flying horses bring Kiya and Kinjal back to the Kingdom Beyond, where winged merpeople are being poisoned by their own waters. The twins must trace the cause before the dangerous serpent king discovers that they have returned.

Angry tree-dwelling ghosts overrun the Kingdom Beyond, threatening to steal the souls of anyone they see. Kiya and Kinjal investigate the destruction of the ghosts’ forest, trying to help displaced beings whose desperation makes them dangerous allies.

Ria receives a mysterious treasure that may help resolve the troubles surrounding her life. With her friends, she follows its history through New York’s Metropolitan Museum and city streets while mysterious pursuers raise questions about ownership and belonging.