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Anoop Judge
Anoop Judge is an author, TV personality, and a recovering litigator, who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As featured on:
Mercy and Grace: A Novel
No Ordinary Thursday
The Awakening of Meena Rawat
The Rummy Club
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The Blog
The Skinny on Staying Fit
One of my first jobs in college was as a aerobics instructor in a fitness club in the late 80’s. It was the era of Jane Fonda, spandex leotards and leg-warmers. I would sail through a dozen high-impact Jumping Jacks, my 20-something body quivering with effortless grace, while the rest of my 40-something class heaved …
Mindful Eating: Why Am I Eating Dessert?
TRY this: Take a forkful of chicken biryani. Mix in a little yogurt. Bring it to your mouth and close your eyes. Let your senses savor the taste of the meat simmered for hours till it falls off the bone, blending with the flavors of the cardamom-infused basmati rice. Do that with every bite. There’s …
The strange case of Matthew Cordle: drunk driver who confessed on YouTube
Have you heard of Matthew Cordle? He’s the Ohio man who confessed to killing a man after a night of binge drinking, in a notorious YouTube video. The video has been viewed more than 1.9 million times, and has received a lot of attention in social media networks. In the video that went viral, Cordle’s …
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WHEN AS GOOD AS IT GETS, IS GOOD ENOUGH: Drawing life lessons from the story of Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta
Like every other immigrant, I’ve been consumed with the story of the disgraced Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta unfolding in the Indian American diaspora. As Anita Raghavan’s book, “The Billionaire’s Apprentice” details, these guys were already fabulously, vulgarly wealthy. (Rajaratnam is the one who loaned Rajat Gupta $5 million at one time.) They had no …
MY ADVENTURES IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Three weeks ago, when packing for a family vacation to Istanbul I couldn’t help feeling a frisson of fear crawl down my spine. The number of well-wishers, friends and family attempting to dissuade us from traveling there, due to spreading unrest, could now be counted in multiple digits. Our flights to Turkey were booked for …
An Ode to Fathers Everywhere
I’m cleaning out the closet and I come across the poem my 19-year-old had penned for his Dad last year. “You’re amazing, you’re the bestAlways teaching me how to dressYou’re so polite and kind,A person that would call you mean, would have to be blindYou make me happy and gladI’m honored to have you as …
Kids killing themselves: How Teenagers are putting a permanent solution to a temporary problem
One sunny afternoon in May, my daughter looks up from her bed where she’s sprawled with her best friend, their laptops open in front of them. I know they’ve been checking out who’s doing what, with whom, on Facebook. I’ve been hearing the stifled giggles in the background as I clean and tidy the Princess’s …
THE BOSTON BOMBING & THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS: A PARALLEL
The day after the Boston Marathon bombing, I view pictures of the carnage that implode on T.V. and computer screens all over the world. Bloodied limbs. Bones and fragments everywhere. Men and women shrieking in terror. The chaotic scene that resembles a war zone and not a marathon finish line. Minutes later, the Internet chatter …
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MY ADVENTURES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR
When my son calls to ask if I’d like to watch him perform Bhangra at the Michigan Dance marathon on March 28th, I nearly choke on my Cosmopolitan. Not that I haven’t been badgering him about a weekend I can visit, when the team performs at campus. This would allow me to see both where …
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The story of
Anoop Judge
Born and raised in New Delhi, I now reside in California. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College and am the recipient of the 2021–2023 Advisory Board Award and Alumni Scholarship.
I am the author of four novels, The Rummy Club which won the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award, The Awakening of Meena Rawat, an excerpt of which was nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize, No Ordinary Thursday (released on August 1, 2022), and Mercy and Grace, which is now available for pre-order.
A recovering litigator, former T.V. presenter, and blogger, my essays and short stories have appeared in Green Hills Literary Lantern, Rigorous Journal, Lumiere Review, DoubleBack Review, and the Ornament Anthology, among others.
You may also recognize me from the show Gems of Ruby Hill, a reality-TV series streaming on @watchcpics showcasing my life as an author and writer.
I am represented by Jessica Faust, jfaust@bookendsliterary.com.
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My Books
Mercy and Grace
No Ordinary Thursday
The Awakening of Meena Rawat
