Diaspora Blues
Diaspora Blues
Television (One-hour)
· Family · 60 pages
September 11, 2001 started off as a regular day for Madiha and her family in Brooklyn. Mere hours later, however, Madiha is desperate to reunite her family. As she searches for her daughters and husband, who are scattered across New York, Madiha recalls the day she first landed in America. After her husband Ranbir is attacked, Madiha desperately tur...
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Written by
Aashka Pandya
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3 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist,
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2023
Semifinalist,
Humanitas - The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award 2022
Second Rounder,
Austin Film Festival 2022
1 Writer
Los Angeles, California
Aashka Pandya grew up in the Silicon Valley, where the arts are just a hobby. While her peers took coding classes, she published a novella at 16. Surrounded by an Indian community for most of her life, Aashka enjoys writing about Indian American women who attempt to regain their power after tragedy.