India, Feb. 2 -- Fatima Shaik, award-winning American writer, was till recently teaching in a college in New York. In search of her roots, a few years back she came to Kolkata, from where her grandfather had migrated to the US. This forms the core of a documentary The Bengali. In a tete- a- tete with Ranjita Biswas, Shaik talks about her work and her journey to India

Please talk a little about yourself

I grew up in New Orleans and live in New York. I am interested in historical legacies and culture, particularly the way people related to one another in the past across ethnic, geographic, and colour boundaries.

You are the protagonist of the documentary The Bengali directed by Kavery Kaul where it narrates your journey to find your root...